15 legendary cars lie dormant in barns scattered across Japan. Each one only appears once you push your Discover Japan stamp high enough, and then a radio rumour hints at what's waiting inside. Every car, region, stamp tier and clue below is pulled from the game.
The barns don't show up on day one. As you explore Japan you build your Discover Japan explorer rating, and every new tier you reach reveals a fresh batch of barns, automatically pinned to your map. Boost the rating by winning races, hunting mascots and collectibles, and playing story events. The festival's radio DJs tease each find with a rumour before you get there.
Yellow Ohtani RumourOnly one in existence, the road-legal homologation version of Honda's Le Mans GT1 car, spotted setting blazing times on the mountain passes before it vanished.
Hills on the northwest edge of the search zone, southeast of Kinkaku-ji Temple, where two roads almost pinch together.
Green Ito RumourA Group A touring car that raced the Australian Touring Car Championship in the late '80s, one of the many that competed internationally and ended up lost.
Southeast of the region, tucked in a field clearing.
Green Ito RumourOne of the most valuable cars in Japanese manufacturing history, the highlight of the 12th Tokyo Motor Show in 1965, now stripped of paint and rusted away.
Down on the southeast coastline, near the beach.
Blue Minamino RumourA sweet little car that belonged to an old lady who once lived nearby; she had to move away and left it behind in a garage, hoping someone would give it a home.
Somewhere in the Minamino region.
Blue Nangan RumourOne of THOSE Skylines, a classic 'Hakosuka' that someone's mentor left half-way through a restoration project.
Somewhere in the Nangan region.
Pink Ohtani RumourThe legend of the C1 loop, the 'Blackbird,' a Wangan midnight street machine that overtakes everything doing 110 without breaking a sweat.
Somewhere in the Ohtani region.
Pink Shimanoyama RumourA Group B rally icon, and Group B rally cars are bananas.
Southwest of Narai-Juku.
Pink Hokubu RumourA stone-cold US classic, beloved by Japan's lowrider subculture that's obsessed with American cars.
Somewhere in the Hokubu region.
Pink Takashiro RumourA classic racer from the 1990s Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC).
Eastern edge of the search zone, in the forest along the U-shaped road section.
Orange Shimanoyama RumourA Dakar Rally legend, Mitsubishi's desert raider that conquered Dakar more than any other.
Somewhere in the Shimanoyama region.
Orange Ito RumourAn abandoned custom Lamborghini project, a guy had to give it up, so the car's just been laying around.
Somewhere in the Ito region.
Purple Ohtani RumourA homologation special with only five ever produced, the road-legal sibling of Nissan's Le Mans racer.
Somewhere in the Ohtani region.
Purple Shimanoyama RumourA Time Attack machine that broke down about ten years ago, the owner just went home and left it up on bricks in a garage.
Near Narai-Juku.
Gold Ito RumourA wild Group 5 'Silhouette' racer, outrageous liveries, huge engine specs and enormous rear wings.
Somewhere in the Ito region.
Gold Takashiro RumourThe Group C rotary that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the only Japanese car ever to do so. It came off a transport truck in a storm, fell down a mountain, and was never found... until now.
West of Hirosaki Castle.
Barns stay hidden until you raise your Discover Japan explorer stamp. Each new tier (Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink, Orange, Purple, then Gold) reveals more barns, which are marked automatically on the map. Earn stamp progress by winning races, finding mascots and collectibles, and playing through story events.
There are 15 Barn Finds, all hidden across the Japan map. They range from a humble 1989 Nissan PAO to the Le Mans-winning Mazda 787B.
The car itself is free, but it comes out of the barn as a wreck. The festival crew restores it for you, and you can pay credits to have it finished instantly, or wait for the restoration to complete on its own.
The 2005 Honda NSX-R GT in the Ohtani region. It only needs the Yellow stamp, so it is usually the first barn to appear on your map.