Forza Horizon 5: Complete Guide to Buenas Vistas House and Fast Travel Anywhere

Introduction

Fast travel in Forza Horizon 5 is a game-changer, but the default system is frustratingly limited. The Buenas Vistas house offers the ultimate 'Fast Travel Anywhere' perk, but its 2 million credit price tag is a major hurdle. This guide breaks down exactly why it's worth the grind, provides a step-by-step roadmap to earn the credits fast, and shows you how to maximize your investment once you own it.

The Universal Fast Travel Perk Explained

Here's the thing about fast travel in Forza Horizon 5: without Buenas Vistas, you're basically limited to festival sites and any houses you've already bought, which means you're still spending half your game time driving to actual start points. The Buenas Vistas perk, Fast Travel Anywhere, blows that wide open - you can teleport to any road you've discovered on the map. This means you can drop right onto that dirt trail hiding a barn find or land directly at the base of a mountain for a PR stunt. Over a typical play session, this shaves off hours of transit time, especially when you're grinding events or hunting collectibles across Mexico.

Location & Unlock Requirements

You'll spot Buenas Vistas perched on the west coast near El Arco de Cabo San Lucas, but it won't even show up as a buyable property until you finish the Street Scene Expedition (the game also calls it the Guanajuato Expedition, just to be confusing). That's the only requirement - no level grind, no massive fan count needed. A lot of players think you need to smash all 50 fast travel boards first, but that's a myth; the boards only make teleports free, they aren't a gate for buying the house itself.

Price Justification: 2,000,000 CR Value Analysis

Two million credits is brutal, no way around it, so let's break down whether it's actually worth it. One fast travel costs 10,000 CR normally, which means you need to use the perk 200 times before it pays for itself. That sounds intimidating, but spread across dozens of barn finds, hundreds of story missions, and countless 'let me just try that jump one more time' moments, you'll hit 200 teleports before you know it. The real value isn't just the credits - it's the time. Every teleport saves you 2-3 minutes of driving, and over 200 uses, that's 6-10 hours of your life back. The Reddit consensus is crystal clear: this should be your first major purchase, hands down.

Early Game Credit Farming: The 2 Million CR Roadmap

Phase 1: First Hour Setup (0-200k CR)

Right out of the gate, you're making a beeline for the Autoshow to claim your free 1998 Toyota Supra RZ - the game literally gifts this car for 0 CR as your welcome pick, and you'd be crazy not to grab it. This isn't just a nostalgia flex; the Supra's Car Mastery tree is a credit piñata. Dump 14 Skill Points into perks 1 through 8, and you'll pocket a guaranteed 300,000 CR plus a Super Wheelspin that averages another 120k. That's 420k in under 15 minutes if you farm those points efficiently.

Speaking of farming, head to any Drift Zone and chain drifts, near-misses, and destruction skills - you'll hit 14 points fast. While you're at it, bump your Drivatar Difficulty to Highly Skilled for a 50% credit bonus. The AI stays pretty tame, so you're not shooting yourself in the foot for a few extra bucks.

Phase 2: Efficient Race Farming (200k-800k CR)

Once you're rolling, the Horizon Tour is your best friend. A full championship (three races) on Unbeatable difficulty pays out 170k CR in about nine minutes, but you can knock that down to seven minutes if you stick to Muscle vs. Tuner events. If you prefer solo grinding, custom blueprints are the move. Share codes 138 974 426 and 156 327 019 are viral highway loops (15-17 miles) that spit out 82k-90k CR per run, plus enough XP for two Wheelspins worth roughly 70k total.

Here's how the difficulty scaling breaks down per race: Expert gives you ~22k, Pro ~28k, and Unbeatable ~35k. Always aim for clean races, too, since those skill points feed back into Car Mastery for even more Wheelspins. It's a loop that keeps on giving.

Phase 3: Auction House Flipping (800k-1.5M CR)

This is where the real money lives. The Auction House is a goldmine if you know what to snipe. The 2015 Corvette Z06 regularly gets listed for 138k-160k CR, but you can flip it at 239k-259k CR for a solid margin. Even better, the 1998 Supra RZ (yeah, the same one you got free) can be sniped for 165k-185k CR and relisted at 299k-319k CR.

Pro tip: the auction fee is 15%, not 10%, so always calculate net profit. Buy at 180k, sell at 315k, and you walk away with 267,750 CR - that's +87,750 per flip. List your cars for 1 hour with no buy-out; this gets you 13% higher final prices on sub-400k cars compared to 24-hour listings. Time your auctions for Thursday 18:00-22:00 UTC when American and European players overlap, or go low-competition at 06:00-08:00 UTC and 14:00-16:00 UTC.

Phase 4: VIP Acceleration & Final Push (1.5M-2M CR)

If you have VIP, congratulations - you've got a permanent +100% credit modifier on every race payout, turning that 600k base into 1.2M CR automatically. For the final stretch, target the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (Barn Find #9), which is locked behind the 80k Influence milestone. This isn't level 80; it's cumulative Influence, so you'll get there faster than you think.

The fastest way? EventLab code 555 123 777 ('Speed & Style') nets 5k Influence per 90-second run - 16 runs and you're done in 25 minutes. Once you unlock the Daytona, it sells for a guaranteed 1.2M CR. Alternatively, rent the Ferrari 599XX Evo for free, post a top-1% time in Festival Speed Zone Heroes, and you'll nab 150k Influence plus 500k CR base (1M with VIP). Don't forget to buy Fairlawn Manor for a 20% fast-travel discount (2M CR one-time purchase), which stacks with Mastery perks to save you another 180k per run.

Strategic House Purchase Order & Money Management

Hotel Castillo vs. Buenas Vistas: The Critical Decision

Here's the million-credit question you'll face early: do you drop 5 million on Hotel Castillo for that sweet daily wheelspin, or grab Buenas Vistas first? The math gets brutal fast. Hotel Castillo's wheelspin averages around 5,000 CR per pop, which means you're looking at roughly 1,000 spins just to break even - about 2.7 years of daily logins if you never hit a jackpot. You'll keep paying 5,000-20,000 CR every time you fast-travel, so that 'free' spin isn't really free.

Buenas Vistas costs 2 million CR upfront, but it completely removes fast-travel fees after you smash all 50 Fast-Travel Bonus Boards. If you warp even five times a day, that's 50,000 CR saved daily, which means the house literally pays for itself in 40 days of normal play. The community votes 2:1 in favor of Buenas Vistas for a reason - it doesn't just save money, it accelerates everything else you do, from PR stunts to Barn Finds. Hotel Castillo is a luxury; Buenas Vistas is the engine that funds everything else.

The Complete 7-House Purchase Timeline

Most vets agree on this order, and it's built around one idea: generate credits first, then invest in bonuses.

1. Casa Bella is free during the tutorial and unlocks your garage, so that's automatic.
2. Buenas Vistas (2,000,000 CR) comes next, right after the Tulum Expedition. Get this ASAP.
3. La Cabaña (150,000 CR) is your cheap filler - it counts toward the 'Own 5 Houses' seasonal goal without breaking the bank.
4. Hotel Castillo (5,000,000 CR) becomes reasonable once fast-travel is free; now those daily spins are pure profit.
5. La Casa Solariega (1,500,000 CR) doubles your Forzathon Points, which means faster access to the shop's rare cars for the rest of the game's life-cycle.
6. Good Vibes (500,000 CR) offers random discounts, but it's low priority - grab it when you're swimming in credits.
7. The Lighthouse (5,000,000 CR) is pure endgame flex; it needs Hall-of-Fame status and only gives three Super Wheelspins, so treat it as a trophy, not an investment.

Common Early Game Money Mistakes to Avoid

Buying supercars instead of earning them. Dropping 1.5 million CR on a stock hypercar feels awesome until you realize it needs another 50-100k in tuning and still loses to a properly built budget ride. That cash could've funded Auction House flips.

Wasting credits on wheelspin clothes. Spending 5,000 CR on cosmetic spins nets maybe 3-8k profit per spin, but you're burning 15 minutes of loading screens for what a three-lap Goliath AFK race hands you in the same time.

Sleeping on the Auction House. Early races pay 13-23k per win, but playlist reward cars can flip for 8-20 million CR in the first two weeks of a new Series. That's a retirement fund versus pocket change.

Playing it safe with assists. Turning off ABS or traction control gives you a 5-15% credit bonus per race, which means you're leaving roughly 1.2 million CR on the table over a 30-hour campaign.

Impulse buys in the Forzathon Shop. That 400 FP car costs about six hours of grinding, and half the time the same car shows up free next season or costs half as much in credits.

Dumping skill points into manufacturer rebates. Burning 150 points for a 50k CR rebate is awful when the Porsche 959 (worth 400k) unlocks after just 14 points in the right tree.

Post-Purchase Optimization: Maximizing Your Fast Travel Investment

Fast Travel Board Completion Guide

After dropping 2 million credits on Buenas Vistas, you get the ability to teleport to any road on the map, which is already a massive time-saver. But here's the thing: you can make that investment completely free by hunting down all 50 Fast Travel Bonus Boards scattered across Mexico.

Each board you smash shaves 200 CR off the teleport fee, so nabbing all 50 wipes the cost entirely. The good news? You can now use your new fast travel ability to collect the boards themselves absurdly fast. No more driving across the entire map for that one pesky board on a remote cliffside.

Priority Route: Start with the clusters around Mulegé and the Horizon Festival site - these are dense and easy to grab, so you'll knock out 10-12 boards in under 5 minutes. Then bounce to the coastal highways and jungle regions where the roads twist and boards hide on cliff edges. Teleport to the nearest road, smash the board, and repeat. Using this method, you're looking at 3-4 boards per minute with strategic teleports. Tools like Map Genie's interactive map let you track progress in real-time so you don't waste trips.

One more tip: while Buenas Vistas lets you go anywhere, don't forget you can set any owned house as your 'Home' for free fast travel back to it, regardless of board completion. That's your safety net for when you need a quick garage pit stop.

Event Chaining Strategy with Instant Travel

Now that you're teleporting for free, let's talk about chaining events like a pro. The biggest time sink in Forza isn't the races themselves - it's the load screens and map bloat between them. The 'Continue Championship' option is your best friend here, letting you string multiple seasonal races together without dropping back to freeroam.

But first, you need to get these activities live. PR Stunts and seasonal championships remain unavailable until you finish their respective Expeditions (like the PR Stunt Festival), so get those knocked out early. Once they're active, you can chain Speed Traps, Zones, Skill Score challenges, and even Photo Challenges into one fluid session.

Your 1-Hour Power Session: Start at a house that's currently playing a Skill Song - this doubles your points for stunt work. Teleport to a cluster of PR stunts (the highway Speed Zones near Ek' Balam are perfect), knock out 3-4 in under 10 minutes, then immediately jump into a seasonal championship using 'Continue Championship.' Each race loads back-to-back, which means you'll finish a 5-event championship in roughly 20 minutes instead of 40.

If an event bugs out and doesn't register, don't panic. Just complete a different stunt or reboot - this usually forces a server sync and fixes the issue. You're looking at roughly 30-40 minutes saved per hour using this method.

Advanced Credit Farming with Fast Travel

Let's be real - AFK Goliath farming got gutted. A 2026 hot-fix now caps payouts at 3 runs per 24 hours, so the days of leaving your rig on overnight are over. The meta has shifted to fast-travel-optimized seasonal blueprint chaining, and it's honestly way more engaging.

The current king is the 'S26 GRIND 42' blueprint (Share Code 183 747 261), which delivers roughly 8.2 million credits, 1.4 million XP, and 110 Wheelspins in a 42-minute loop. That's post-nerf numbers, and it's fully legit. You can teleport between checkpoints to shave off another 2-3 minutes per run.

For skill points, grab a Formula Drift car and head to the Ek' Balam spiral - you'll farm 10 points in about 2 minutes. Dump those into Super Wheelspins, which means you're pulling in even more credits and rare cars.

Here's where it gets spicy: list any duplicate cars you win at 20% below Autoshow price on the Auction House. This zero-effort flip generates an extra 12 million credits weekly. But be warned - Playground Games is cracking down. They've issued 30-day leaderboard wipes to accounts exceeding 15 AFK Goliath completions per week, so keep your farming legit and don't get greedy.

Frequently Asked Questions & Community Insights

Is Buenas Vistas Really Worth 2 Million Credits?

Yes, but here is the honest breakdown: Buenas Vistas costs a flat 2 million credits, and what you get is the ability to fast-travel to any road on the map, which means you never have to drive to a festival or house first. That convenience adds up fast.

At the typical 10,000 CR fee per jump, the house pays for itself after roughly 200 fast-travels. Most players who chase seasonal playlists or knock out daily challenges hit that number within five to eight weeks. The Games Learning Society analysis frames it as recouping the investment in real-world time saved, and the community agrees - Reddit threads are full of players calling it 'mandatory' if you are regularly hopping between PR stunts and seasonal events.

But - and this matters - casual cruisers who just drift around for fun often say they never see a return. If you are not fast-traveling constantly, 2 million CR might sit there doing nothing for you. So the value hinges entirely on how you actually play.

Can You Get Free Fast Travel Without Buenas Vistas?

This is one of the biggest misconceptions in FH5, so let us clear it up with a simple myth-versus-fact check.

Myth	Fact
'Smash all 50 fast-travel boards and you can teleport anywhere just like Buenas Vistas.'	Destroying all boards drops the per-jump cost to zero credits, but you still can only warp to a player house or Festival site.
'Free fast-travel is free fast-travel; the house is redundant.'	The house removes the destination lock entirely, letting you select any road segment on the map as your endpoint.
'There must be another way to unlock map-wide travel.'	Buenas Vistas is the only method that unlocks unrestricted fast-travel in FH5.

Steam discussions are full of players who learned this the hard way after spending hours hunting boards. The boards just make cheap travel cheaper; they do not give you the freedom the house does.

VIP Player Considerations & Alternatives

If you own the VIP Membership, you already got La Casa Solariega and Lugar Tranquilo for free, but neither one comes with map-wide fast-travel. La Casa Solariega doubles your Forzathon Points, which is great for the shop, and Lugar Tranquilo throws five Super Wheelspins at you, which is always fun to open. Those are nice loot bonuses, not time-savers.

Community advice is consistent on this: even with VIP perks, you should still prioritize saving the full 2 million CR for Buenas Vistas. The raw convenience of teleporting to any road beats passive income and wheelspins every single day. There is no VIP discount on the price either, so everyone pays the same 2 million CR for the one purchase that actually changes how you move through Mexico.

Conclusion

The Buenas Vistas house is a transformative purchase that pays for itself in both credits and, more importantly, time saved. By following the strategic credit farming and purchase order outlined here, you can unlock this essential perk and optimize your entire gameplay loop. Stop driving and start teleporting - your most efficient Horizon adventure begins now.