For example, the player may need to reach a certain top speed in the Ford GT before time runs out.

During Bucket List Challenges, the player is given a specific car and task. Players compete in various events around the game's world, including various forms of races, time trials, drifting, and Bucket List Challenges. The gameplay world is expansive, twice the size of its predecessor in the series Forza Horizon 2, and includes locales such as Surfers Paradise, Byron Bay, Yarra Valley, Woods Point, Coober Pedy and the Outback.

Forza Horizon 3 is a racing video game set in an open world environment based in a fictional representation of Australia.