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Forza Horizon 6 will launch first on Xbox Series X|S consoles and PC in 2026. It will be included with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass at launch. With the excitement for this franchise on other platforms, we also have Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios working together to bring Forza Horizon 6 to PlayStation 5 post-launch.
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FM sacrificed so Turn 10 can work on the PS5 port.

E3 2026
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Get Ready to Explore Japan in Forza Horizon 6!

Get your wristbands! The Horizon Festival has revealed its next stop. Welcome to Horizon Japan!
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Forza Horizon 6 will launch first on Xbox Series X|S consoles and PC in 2026. It will be included with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass at launch. With the excitement for this franchise on other platforms, we also have Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios working together to bring Forza Horizon 6 to PlayStation 5 post-launch.
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In Forza Horizon 6, you will get to discover a scenic and breathtaking Japan, where you will build up your racing status to become a Legend at the Horizon Festival.

As you already know, Japan has been one of the most iconic and requested locations by the Forza Horizon community. We are so excited for you to experience it, and we can't wait to share more details on Forza Horizon 6 early next year. Stay tuned!
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From https://support.forzamotorsport.net/hc/en-us/articles/45037624603539-Forza-Horizon-6-Reveal-FAQ
  • Welcome to Horizon Japan! Today during the Xbox livestream at Tokyo Game Show 2025, we revealed Forza Horizon 6, which will launch first on Xbox Series X|S consoles and PC in 2026.
  • With the excitement for this franchise on other platforms, we also have Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios working together to bring Forza Horizon 6 to PlayStation 5 post-launch.
  • In Forza Horizon 6, discover the breathtaking landscapes of Japan, where you will build up your racing status to become a Legend at the Horizon Festival.
  • Japan has been one of the most iconic and fan-requested locations, and you can add Forza Horizon 6 to your Wishlist today on the Microsoft Store and Steam.
  • With an active Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass membership, you will be able to play Forza Horizon 6 at launch at no additional cost.


Q: What did you reveal at the Tokyo Game Show?

Today we revealed Forza Horizon 6 through a short teaser that premiered at the Xbox Tokyo Game Show livestream, celebrating the many iconic locations the Horizon Festival has visited over the years, while unveiling our next, highly requested destination.



Q: What is Forza Horizon 6?

Forza Horizon 6 is the next entry in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Forza Horizon series of open world driving games, which will launch first on Xbox Series X|S consoles and PC in 2026.



Q: Where does Forza Horizon 6 take place?

In Forza Horizon 6, you will get to discover the scenic and breathtaking landscapes of Japan, and build up your racing status to become a Legend at the Horizon Festival. We can’t wait for you to experience it!



Q: Why did Playground Games choose Japan?

Japan has been one of the most iconic and requested locations by the community, and bringing the Horizon Festival to this incredible region has been one of our largest ambitions yet. We recognize its importance to our players, and we feel the same way. With the latest advancements in our technology and design, we are creating a game world that we hope you will fall in love with. We can't wait for you to discover the beautiful landscapes and rich heritage of Japan in Forza Horizon 6 when it releases in 2026.



Q: Earlier this year Forza Horizon 5 was released on PlayStation 5. Will Forza Horizon 6 also be coming to PS5?

We’re thrilled to be taking players to Japan in Forza Horizon 6, which will launch first on Xbox Series X|S consoles and PC in 2026. With the excitement for this franchise on other platforms, we also have Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios working together to bring Forza Horizon 6 to PlayStation 5 post-launch. For now, players can Wishlist on Xbox and Steam, and we can't wait to share more details on Forza Horizon 6 early next year.



Q: How much will Forza Horizon 6 cost?

Pricing information for Forza Horizon 6 will be shared at a later date.



Q: When can I pre-order Forza Horizon 6?

Pre-orders for Forza Horizon 6 will be available at a later date. In the meantime, you can add the game to your Wishlist on the Microsoft Store (for Xbox Series X|S and PC) and Steam.



Q: Will Forza Horizon 6 be available with Game Pass?

Yes, Forza Horizon 6 will be included with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass at launch. Game Pass members will also have the option to enjoy Forza Horizon 6 through Cloud Gaming on supported devices.



Q: Which car will be on the cover of Forza Horizon 6?

We will share more details about cars in Forza Horizon 6 in the future.



Q: Does the reveal of Forza Horizon 6 have any impact on Forza Horizon 5?

We are continuing to support Forza Horizon 5 and ensure that it maintains a healthy online environment for the community. With Playlist Vote and Backstage Vote, all players can experience a returning Festival Playlist theme each month and obtain previous Series Rewards to help complete their garages. For more details, please refer to this blog.



Q: When will you be sharing more details about Forza Horizon 6?

Stay tuned! We have much more to reveal about Forza Horizon 6, and we look forward to sharing those details with you when the time is right as we get closer to the release of the game in 2026.
 
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Forza Horizon 6: Answering the Big Questions About That Japan Setting - Xbox Wire

Forza Horizon 6 is coming in 2026 - and it's set in Japan. We got the answers to some of our biggest questions after the reveal.
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“For a long time, Japan has been top of Horizon fans’ wish lists, so we’re excited to finally be bringing this much-requested location to players in Forza Horizon 6,” explains Arceta. “Japan has such a unique culture – from cars, to music, to fashion – that make it perfect for the next Horizon setting. As with any Horizon title, we want to make sure we do the country justice in terms of authentic representation and Horizon open world playability – and now is the right time to realize that fully for players.”
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“As well as taking player feedback into account, we’ve also been able to lean into more practical things – for instance, the Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels DLC has helped us develop the elevated roads of Tokyo City in FH6.”
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“In Japanese car culture, the depth and diversity is astonishing,” adds Yama****a. “Kei cars and vans with cult followings, precision motorsport, drifting’s roots, and their passion for customization really stands out. It’s welcoming to different levels of enthusiasm and knowledge, which is exactly the kind of layered world I want players to feel.”
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“Horizon players will be well acquainted with seasonal changes as a core part of the experience,” says Arceta. “For Japan, seasonal changes have a dramatic impact on the landscape and playable world, but also hold a deeper cultural meaning for the country and its culture.”
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Found the location of the Thumbnail. It is the city Kawaguchi at the Kawaguchi Lake in the North of Mt. Fuji


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I watched through the whole thing with 0 interest in anything else that came up - so I'm glad it eventually did!

Love the series, very excited for this, but I hope it breathes some new life in because I'm worried it'll become stagnant. But PG will know they have to do a Japan map right.

Now the hard part, waiting for release :D
 
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The consultant for FH6, Kyoko Yama****a, seems to be a proper pertolheal:

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_AU/...**a-hakone-turnpike-kanagawa-japan-23903.html

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warp9engage
First of all, Japan, great news!

Second, a tease and no gameplay? The game isn't coming early 2026, more like the end of 2026, I'd say.
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It's probably early 26, they aren't going to show all of their cards at once. They have always built hype around the series before showing anything more promising. Standard practice.
 
Stang616
It's probably early 26, they aren't going to show all of their cards at once. They have always built hype around the series before showing anything more promising. Standard practice.
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My memory could very well be failing me, but their M.O. has usually been a trailer, in-game, showcasing the location and some of the featured cars, plus a fixed release date, and then gradually revealing more. I don't recall them ever doing a short cinematic teaser and a vague release date, to be honest, at least not for the past 3 games or so.

We also can't ignore the titanosaurus in the room (because elephant might be a bit small): GTA 6. Either they try to beat it by coming out before, or release the game later on the year, as usual, to stay clear. And if a teaser is what they have at this point, also considering the ambition behind this game, I don't think they'll make it before May 2026.

Just my thoughts.
 
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Forza Horizon 6's Japan is even bigger than Forza Horizon 5's map, which itself was double the size of FH4, but the new setting is "also dense" with "always something around the corner"

Tokyo City is also the series' largest urban area to date
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Forza Horizon 6 is finally listening to the loudest fans in the room and vroom vrooming into Japan after taking a world tour across the USA, Australia, Southern Europe, the United Kingdom, and Mexico. And in true Playground Games fashion, the developers are once again creating the racing series' biggest ever map while promising that it's also the "most full."


Speaking to GamesRadar+ ahead of the blockbuster sequel's Tokyo Game Show reveal, art director Don Arceta confirmed that Japan "is our biggest map yet" and "also our most full." Of course, Forza Horizon maps are always full of ramps to speed off, collectibles to find, funky missions to partake in, and races (duh) – Forza Horizon 6 is just adding even more.

"Like, obviously, we can't go bigger without filling it with things to do and see," Arceta continued. "And I think this map that we've created for Japan, or Horizon's version of Japan, is big, but also dense. There's always something around the corner for you to discover and see. But yeah, it's bigger. I won't put a number on it. It is bigger."

One has to wonder how big Horizon's Japan can get considering Forza Horizon 5 was already twice the size of Forza Horizon 4, which itself was the biggest Forza Horizon at the time. I guess you can't skimp on scale when you're depicting mammoth, iconic locales like Mount Fuji or Tokyo, which Arceta also calls the series' "biggest city" to date.


"I think people will be most surprised about the city, Tokyo city, because I think it is probably our most ambitious," he added. "It's really layered and complex. And I think players will just enjoy that space. It'll be something new and fresh."

Forza Horizon 6 devs worked "closely" with a cultural consultant to ensure they were being "authentic and respectful" with the racing game's Japan setting
 
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sirjim73
@Famine Hurry up and get that new FH6 Forum up!

Arigato.
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Now posted in the correct thread. We still need that new forum though ;) :lol:

As for the map, I am concerned that we don't end up getting Tokyo in one corner, Mount Fuji in the other and the 90% in the middle...

flowers wind GIF by Jean Scuderi


Tokyo might be ideally suited for the new hide and seek mode?
 
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Forza Horizon 6 Heads to Japan: ‘This Is the Time We Can Actually Do It Justice’

Playground Games speaks with IGN about making a map that feels authentic to Japanese players and international gamers alike.
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Arceta nominates two key catalysts for the decision to finally bring Japan to life inside a Forza Horizon game. The first relates to the team’s increasing desire to celebrate and embrace the culture of their chosen countries in more meaningful ways – something that was ramped up significantly in Forza Horizon 5’s Mexico map. The second is simple: it’s technology.

“So obviously we have the Xbox Series X,” says Arceta. “We’ve had a good amount of time from FH5 to now, so we have a good understanding of the tech, but also just how we build these open worlds. All the technology and tools we’ve accrued over the series; those things have just come together and it’s, like, ‘Yeah, we can do Japan this time. This is the time we can actually do it justice.’ And for us, it was really important that we did something that would do that location justice.”

So, despite the fact that a trip to Japan may feel a little overdue for the series, Arceta is confident that having kept their powder dry for a few extra iterations is ultimately going to yield the best results.

“We only get one chance to do this location of Japan, and we want to make sure we do it right,” he says. “Hence getting all the previous learnings from previous games, and then getting a lot more integrated with people like Kyoko [Yama****a], who can really help us create an authentic version of Japan.”
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Regarding Kyoko:
“In my case, I’ve actually been working with PG for about 18 months now,” says Yama****a. “So that’s quite a long time. My first onboarding was 18 months ago with the team, and I gave this Japan 101 presentation – not that I'm a walking encyclopaedia of everything that Japan is and can present, and how to approach things – but that was literally the beginning. I had a couple of all day sessions hands-on with the team at PG. For me, it was a little bit of a learning curve: to what extent, to what scope, do I even give answers on a given single subject?”

This could be tricky, Yama****a elaborates, as she wasn’t always fully aware of how much initial homework the Playground Games team had done on certain topics – but she does feel she was able to align herself with the team’s intent by understanding their goals.

“There’s been so much material, and hours of conversations, from the month that I was onboarded to now,” says Yama****a. “There are so many layers of depth – and not just in car culture, but in entertainment, and culinary, and just walking through the streets of Tokyo versus going up in the mountains. What you see from a Westerner perspective, I think it’s not a huge challenge for anyone to sort of scratch the surface and to see it for what it is, if it’s represented in video games or film or music or anime or manga. I think a large amount of us have a touch point to, or gateway into, Japanese culture – depending on what your passion is, what your interests are.
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Regarding cars:
“Obviously, being a Western developer, there are a lot of films that pose Japan in a certain way in terms of car culture, and there are vloggers and all the YouTube channels that happen,” he says. “But Kyoko has been great just keeping us grounded on the Japanese perspective, which does differ from how all the film and vloggers present it, and it was great getting her perspective on that.”

“The team has also visited Japan as well with Kyoko, and we witnessed that car culture firsthand. That was amazing, just to get the feel and the vibe. It’s definitely different from what you’d experienced in a movie. Definitely. But I think, with Horizon, obviously we understand a lot of people’s perception is that, so for us it’s kind of that balancing act of keeping it grounded, but also giving that fantasy fulfillment that people might expect from a film or show.”


Unfortunately, at this stage the Playground Games team are playing their cards close to their chest in terms of what a visit to Japan means for Forza Horizon 6’s garage.

“Yeah, I can’t go into the specifics of what cars will be in, and the exact models and manufacturers,” concedes Arceta. “But yeah, obviously Horizon has a broad selection of cars in the game, and for Japan, yeah, there’s definitely a uniqueness there that we are capturing with our civilian traffic, with cars that you can actually purchase, Forza Edition cars. We have a really good, curated list of cars that represent Japan, and show off Japan and what makes it unique. We’ll share more in the future obviously, but I can’t really touch on what those cars are now.”

Happily, however, Arceta can discuss the map itself, which he perhaps unsurprisingly describes as the team’s “most ambitious map to date.”
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Regarding Tokyo:

“I think with every title we push ambition forward,” he says. “It’s definitely our biggest map, and it’s a map that has great contrast as well. I can say that we will have Tokyo City in the game, which is probably our most complex and intricate space of drivable area in a Horizon game yet. And then we contrast that with beautiful open roads, like coastal roads and on the plains with the rice paddies. I think there’s such great contrast in roads that we have in Forza Horizon 6. It’s been amazing balancing that.”

“Especially with the city; balancing that against what a Horizon experience is. Because when you think of Tokyo City, it’s tight streets, it’s lots of traffic. So it’s been a great challenge. The team has been doing a great job establishing that Horizon experience in a biome that is Tokyo City.

“Personally, because I love architecture, Tokyo City is something that is amazing. There are so many amazing locations and landmarks and points of interest that we’re recreating in the game, for Horizon. And honestly, whenever I see a new build of the game, I’m just, like, ‘Wow, this is amazing. I can’t wait for players to see this.’

Japan is certainly enjoying something of a racing game renaissance in 2025, at least as a backdrop, with the ambitious indie racer JDM: Japanese Drift Master and the triumphant return of Genki’s Tokyo Xtreme Racer both arriving in recent months. Arceta is entirely happy to see it.

“It’s great seeing Japan; not only in racing games, but in other genres of games, where Japan’s being celebrated,” he says. “We’re super happy to celebrate Japan, but in Horizon’s way of celebrating a location – and injecting everything that Horizon’s known for, with the freedom and the fun and the beauty of Horizon, in our own way. So yeah, it’s exciting seeing other games do it and we’re super excited to put our own stamp on it as well.”
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Oh boy. It's like the last day and a half of announcements was specifically targeting ME :)

GT7 Sepc III - check
Flight Sim coming to PSVR2 - check
Forza Horizon 6 in JAPAN - check

Add GTA 6 to that and that and I'm good until 2027.

Awesome awesome.

I guess we'll see FH6 in motion at a Developer Direct in January 2026.
 
OH boy this is going to be something special, I always knew they would wait until they could do Japan properly, it's such a rich and passionate country in terms of it's culture and motoring history, the amount of time that has passed since FH5 is a good clue here as well. 2 years between every game up to FH5 which had a 3 year gap. It will be 5 years between 5 and a potential 6 release date late in 2026.

PUMPED. Shame PS5 will have to wait longer..
 
warp9engage
My memory could very well be failing me, but their M.O. has usually been a trailer, in-game, showcasing the location and some of the featured cars, plus a fixed release date, and then gradually revealing more. I don't recall them ever doing a short cinematic teaser and a vague release date, to be honest, at least not for the past 3 games or so.

We also can't ignore the titanosaurus in the room (because elephant might be a bit small): GTA 6. Either they try to beat it by coming out before, or release the game later on the year, as usual, to stay clear. And if a teaser is what they have at this point, also considering the ambition behind this game, I don't think they'll make it before May 2026.

Just my thoughts.
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These days, my memory does fail me too often, but didn't they do things like you mention above at an E3-type showcase even around June (reveal the location, in-game trailer, etc.) and the release date would be that autumn? So a very short window. If they stick to their usual autumn release, I'm thinking FH6 is about a year away - hence the bare bones announcement.
 
ykiki
These days, my memory does fail me too often, but didn't they do things like you mention above at an E3-type showcase even around June (reveal the location, in-game trailer, etc.) and the release date would be that autumn? So a very short window. If they stick to their usual autumn release, I'm thinking FH6 is about a year away - hence the bare bones announcement.
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Yeah I can't see this being any earlier than October next year. I'd like to be pleasantly surprised but I don't think I will be.

Few things of note regarding the timing of this announcement, the obvious one is it's Tokyo Game Show week, what better time than to announce a game set in Japan. Secondly, PG are also working on Fable which is scheduled to release in 2026, now it may well be a different team within Playground, however, marketing, building up etc will likely be focused on that primarily before we get any more FH6 stuff from them.
 

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