What is the Threading the Needle skill in Forza Horizon 6?

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Published Jul 7, 2026, 10:31 AM EDT

Squeeze through that gap

The Mini Cooper S in Forza Horizon 6 driving between two pedestrian cars. Image: Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios via Polygon

Threading the Needle is a skill in Forza Horizon 6 that will test your street racing ability as you must weave through traffic. It's also featured as part of challenges, like in the Horizon Decades Festival Playlist. However, it's not a skill that you'll randomly come across often.

As part of the "Mini in the Middle" daily challenge, you need to earn a Threading the Needle skill in any Mini. Luckily, the Mini will make it slightly easier for you, but if you don't know how to Thread the Needle, you could still be lost.

Here's a full explainer on how to get the Threading the Needle skill in Forza Horizon 6.

What is Threading the Needle in Forza Horizon 6

The Mini Cooper S driving down the highway in Forza Horizon 6 with the Threading the Needle skill earned. Image: Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios via Polygon

To achieve a Threading the Needle skill, you must seamlessly drive between two pedestrian cars on the road, squeezing through the gap without touching either of them. This can be done either with or against the flow of traffic. Since Forza Horizon 6 has plenty of country roads that are often a little devoid of cars, the best place to achieve this is on the highway that snakes around the entire map, where it's easier to fit between cars in multiple lanes that are going in the same direction.

To complete the "Mini in the Middle" daily challenge, you need a Mini, of which there are three available in the Autoshow. The 2012 John Cooper Works GP is the cheapest at 30,000 credits, the 1965 Cooper S will set you back 39,000, or you can go all out with the 2013 X-Raid All4 Racing Countryman for 220,000. The Cooper S is the smallest and therefore the easiest to complete this challenge with, though.

If you still need to complete another daily challenge this week, check out our guide on where to find the Inner City Run Drift Zone, or we also have guides for the Sekibe Time Attack and the Festival Loop Speed Zone as part of the Theory of Evolution weekly challenges.