Release Date: May 19 2026 (Early Access from May 15)
Genre: racing, open world, simulator
Developer: Playground Games
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Platform: PC (Windows)
Interface and Subtitles Language: English, Hungarian, Dutch, Greek, Danish, Spanish (Spain / Latin America), Italian, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Korean, German, Norwegian, Russian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil / Portugal), Turkish, Finnish, French, Czech, Swedish, Japanese
Voice Acting Language: English, Spanish (Spain / Latin America), Italian, Chinese (Traditional / Simplified), Korean, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese
Multiplayer: single player, online PvP, online co-op
Edition: Premium Edition (with all add-ons)
Version: 382.893 (June 25, 2026)
Genre: racing, open world, simulator
Developer: Playground Games
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Platform: PC (Windows)
Interface and Subtitles Language: English, Hungarian, Dutch, Greek, Danish, Spanish (Spain / Latin America), Italian, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Korean, German, Norwegian, Russian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil / Portugal), Turkish, Finnish, French, Czech, Swedish, Japanese
Voice Acting Language: English, Spanish (Spain / Latin America), Italian, Chinese (Traditional / Simplified), Korean, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese
Multiplayer: single player, online PvP, online co-op
Edition: Premium Edition (with all add-ons)
Version: 382.893 (June 25, 2026)
About this game
Tokyo’s wet asphalt mirrors the neon, but you have no time to admire the scenery. The speedometer needle climbs past two hundred, and ahead lies a blind corner of a mountain pass where a single mistimed brake instantly sends the car into a concrete barrier. Forza Horizon 6 strips away the festival glitz and throws you into the aggressive world of Japanese motorsport. You start at the very bottom — a tourist with no reputation. To break into the Horizon Invitational elite, you’ll have to methodically claw out victories on the country’s most dangerous routes.
Choosing to download Forza Horizon 6 on PC throws a hard challenge at your reflexes. Forget the cozy arcade rides. You have 550 real cars at your disposal, and they aren’t showroom exhibits — they’re survival tools. Building the perfect JDM beater for drifting through mountain passes or an uncompromising machine for city sprints is only half the job. Here you have to physically feel every millimeter of grip with the road, otherwise the coveted legend status will go to someone cooler-headed.
What the game offers at launch:
- Map of Japan — Tokyo as the largest urban district in Horizon history, touge mountain passes in the spirit of Mt. Akina, rice paddies, snowy slopes in the north, and a coastline. The map is more vertical than previous entries thanks to its mountain terrain.
- 550+ car roster — JDM classics like the Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno and Nissan Skyline GT-R sit alongside the Ferrari 488 Pista, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, and cover-star Toyota GR GT Prototype. Around 22 cars make their series debut.
- Touge Battles and Car Meets — a dedicated one-on-one mountain duel mode focused on drifting and precise lines, plus official meet-ups in the spirit of Daikoku PA where you can show off your tuning and run impromptu races.
- Estate and garage customization — a mountain residence in the valley that the player can build out freely, plus up to eight purchasable houses with customizable garages holding eight cars each. Garages also work as fast travel points.
- CoLab instead of EventLab — an updated event editor with a multiplayer mode and the ability to build tracks anywhere on the map, not just in designated zones. Finished creations are published in a shared catalog.
- Audio and music — engine sounds have been remastered, environmental acoustics use a new model, and the soundtrack is the largest in the series, including Japanese artists.
Trailer:
Forza Horizon 6 holds to the freedom the series is known for: pick a car, find a road, set your style, and decide for yourself whether to chase a medal, expand your collection, or just enjoy a scenic route.
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10 22H2 (build 19045) or newer, 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- RAM: 16 GB
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 / AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT / Intel Arc A380
- Disk space: 167 GB (SSD required)
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10 22H2 (build 19045) or newer, 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-12400F / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- RAM: 16 GB
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT / Intel Arc A580
- Disk space: 167 GB (SSD required)
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Reviews
I don’t understand the negative reviews. When FH5 came out, I also pre-ordered the Premium Edition, so I can compare the two.
FH6 is extremely well optimized and runs for me without any stutters or lags. FH5, on the other hand, had terrible optimization at launch, and after a while the game would always start stuttering badly for me.
FH6 has a HUGE map. It is much bigger than the FH5 map. Tokyo itself is incredibly large. In this regard, FH6 is a major step forward.
In my opinion, FH6 also has a much better user interface. Everything feels well organized. With FH5, I felt like everything was cluttered.
Graphically, there is definitely nothing to complain about. The core gameplay is obviously the same as always — I think everyone understands that a racing game is not going to completely reinvent itself. However, many new game modes and quality-of-life features have been added.
Probably the best horizon game to date.
Amazing massive map with lots of variety. Tons of cars from more popular ones to more niche ones.
Finally good music on the radio again and actually interesting story and dialogue.
Fun story missions and nice sense of progression.
Graphics are stunning and performance feels great.
We’ve been waiting for so long, and it turned out to be a really great game. I think the atmosphere, the map, and the gameplay are excellent. The Tokyo map is amazing! I’m not normally someone who likes drifting a lot, but I’m going to learn how to drift just for this game. There seems to be a slight issue with the NPCs, but that’s perfectly normal for a game of this scale.
Getting early access and experiencing a game like this is awesome. The cars, the customization options, and the vehicles included in the pack are all top-notch. You just need to get used to the flow of traffic, otherwise, the game is perfect. I can truly feel the Tokyo vibe; the trees and the overall theme are incredible.
Having such a massive city in a Forza game is also fantastic; it wasn’t in 4 and 5, so having it in this game is so good!
Genuinely the best forza horizon we’ve gotten ever. Even excluding the fact japan was awaited for so long, this is far and wide the best forza map ever, cluttered abound and feeling almost endless, and easily this instance had the biggest amount of improvements over previous installments. The progression feels far better, there’s so much more to do than the others, numerous QoL things, you can tell it’s been in the works for almost 4.5 years.
The Horizon experience in a stunning take on Japan. Brings much needed verticality and variety in scenery while staying true to the Horizon formula – if it appeals to you, you’ll almost certainly enjoy this game.
Graphics scale very well across lower to high end hardware, but there are currently some oddities with hitching and memory leaks for some people that will hopefully be ironed out by full release on the 18th.
