U4GM Guide to Completing Soni Time Attack

Forza Horizon 6 has plenty of jobs that look simple on paper, then send you driving round in circles for ten minutes. The vending machine challenge can feel like that at first. You're told to smash five of them, but the game doesn't exactly put a big arrow over every machine in Japan. The good news is that once you know the right streets, it's a quick bit of free-roam work. You can knock it out while picking up skill points, checking nearby activities, and building up   FH6 Credits   through normal driving rather than sitting in the same race again and again.

Why Players Are Hunting Vending Machines

This objective is tied to the Winter Festival Playlist, where small challenges add up faster than you might expect. Smashing five vending machines gives you Playlist progress, and that progress pushes you toward seasonal rewards. For collectors, that's the real reason to bother with it. One of the bigger prizes linked to this season is the 2023 Lotus Emira, so even a tiny task like this matters if you're trying to keep your garage full. It's also a nice change of pace. No tuning menu, no perfect racing line, no pressure. Just find the machines and drive straight through them.

Best Area to Search

You'll see vending machines in a lot of built-up places, especially near petrol stations, convenience stores, shopfronts, and smaller roadside buildings. Still, Tokyo City is where the search gets much easier. The roads are tighter, the buildings are packed close together, and there are more service areas than you'll find out in the countryside. A strong spot is in the north-western part of Tokyo City, not far from Edogawa Baseball Stadium. Look southwest of the stadium and head toward the highway overpass. There's a petrol station tucked under or near that raised road, and it's one of the most reliable places to start.

The Quick Five-Machine Route

When you reach the petrol station, slow down a bit and check the forecourt instead of blasting past it. You should find two vending machines sitting out in the open. Hit them cleanly and they'll break right away. After that, turn around the nearby corner and look along the wall of the next building, where another machine is usually placed. That gives you three. For the last two, cross to the other side of the overpass and look for a 365 convenience store. There are normally two more machines outside the shop. If one has already been knocked over or doesn't count for some reason, don't panic. The surrounding blocks have more shops and backstreet businesses with extra machines close by.

How the Destruction Counts

There's no special trick to breaking them. Any car will do it. A heavy truck, a tuned sports car, even something small and slow will count as long as you make contact. Vending machines don't behave like solid barriers, so they fall apart as soon as you hit them. Each one adds to the challenge total, and you'll also see the "Feed Me" skill pop up, worth 1,000 skill points. If you care about skill chains, try linking the hits with drifts, near misses, or quick turns through the city. If you don't, just keep it simple. Five clean hits are all the Playlist wants.

Final Thoughts

The vending machine challenge is one of the easier seasonal tasks once you stop searching blindly. Head to the north-west side of Tokyo City, use the petrol station southwest of Edogawa Baseball Stadium as your marker, then sweep across to the nearby 365 store. In a few minutes, you'll have the objective done and another chunk of Playlist progress secured. That progress can help you reach rewards like the Lotus Emira and keep expanding your collection of   Forza Horizon 6 Cars   without turning the game into a grind. It's a small job, but it's worth clearing while you're already roaming the city.