We’re thrilled to be taking players to Japan in Forza Horizon 6, the next entry in the critically acclaimed and award-winning series of open world driving games.
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.
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!
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: 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: How much will Forza Horizon 6 cost?
Pricing information for Forza Horizon 6 will be shared at a later date.
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: 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: 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: 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.
Xbox Wire and IGN interviews with Playground Games
Playground Games speaks with IGN about making a map that feels authentic to Japanese players and international gamers alike.
“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.” - Playground Games art director Don Arceta
Congratulations on the announcement of the release of Forza Horizon 6. I’ve been waiting for it to be set in Japan. With the release of the PS5 also being announced later, I really hope that the MS-PC version of FH6 will be able to use the PS5 controller and feature DualSense and haptic feedback vibrations.
Revealing gameplay on the January 2026 dev direct? Hopefully along with a release date. I hope you don’t drag it out until fall. Please prove me wrong.
Thank you very much for these early details. This is great news for all Forza Horizon fans and for the Horizon franchise. Playground Games has hit home runs with FH4 (still popular almost a year after delisting) and FH5 (the biggest and most successful auto sport game on the planet). Huge compliments to everyone who has worked on and continues to maintain these titles. Please keep your winning and successful strategies for FH6, building on the successes of the past. Please don’t make false promises or grossly misleading statements prior to the release of the game, as happened with Forza Motorsport. Please don’t release an unfinished, buggy, almost unplayable game, as happened with Forza Motorsport. And please don’t allow the game-killing approaches of the Forza Motorsport team to infect and ruin what everyone loves about Forza Horizon.
Just seen it and watched, and gotta say I’m pretty disappointed. Four years and we still got basically nothing (similar state to at Xbox Games Showcase).
And from what the quotes to me read they’re pointing to, it’s quite likely at least another year before we get anything new in a Forza game. For me, I’d have rather heard nothing than get this, but it looks like that’s a minority view online, and that’s cool.
I remind you that FH5 was announced in June 2021 and was released in November. So, 5 months of communication, so it’s normal that having so much missing they didn’t say anything else, but with TGS, they took advantage of the location to communicate it. The team has already said they will give new info at the beginning of 2026, so the dev direct in January. If it’s as I think, it will be released by spring, because then in autumn there’s Gears or Fable. There’s no point in complaining about waiting; the important thing is that the extra time brings the refinements that have been requested for a long time, a 900-degree steering, cars that are no longer recycled, another step in improving the sounds, more interactive car (windows, turn signals, etc.), garage to keep at least our favorite cars and be able to walk around them. and obviously a completely new tuning that doesn’t have standard Forza parts.
I hope you’re right but now I personally think a pre-GTA6 date is off the table, but either way, why not just wait until January to actually show something off? Because what they’ve put out could have been made any time in the past four years.
I guess I am complaining, but as much really I’m sad.
Back to the announcement, I’ve remembered the latest thing I’ve got wrong is I thought if it was going to be Japan, with it being effectively closed off as an island, they would have gone with Hokkaido as the location. So it’s going to be interesting to see what ‘Tokyo’ looks like, given it seemed impractical to create.
Those of us that have been around from the very beginning of the Horizon series probably won’t even think this is real. We’ve wanted Japan for so long and it’s finally happening.
As I feared. After all the hours I have played Horizon 1 - 5, I will be skipping this one completely. Sadly, I have zero interest. I have never liked any of the JDM vehicles. I have never liked any of the tracks based in Japan in FMS. I totally hate drifting.
i am happy for all those who want this, though. WIll be checking back in 4 years to see the location of Horizon 7.
I know you’re being sarcastic about putting on a kimono and all, but I bet that it would be cool to dress the Drivatar up in montsuki-haori-hakama.
Other than that, you know what would be cool? If they get permission from Polyphony Digital to include the Vision Gran Turismo concept cars as guest vehicles in the game! Imagine taking a leisurely cruise through the Japanese streets in the Chaparral 2X or maybe go barreling off a Danger Sign ramp in the SRT Tomahawk X at top speed to achieve some serious hangtime and distance!
you guys are absolutely fantastic. I’m still shaking 