Forza Horizon 6 hit Xbox Series X/S and PC on May 19, with PlayStation 5 coming later in the year (a first for the series). The map is Japan, and Playground Games clearly understood the assignment. Tokyo alone is five times larger than any city Horizon has ever shipped, cherry blossom countryside fills the gaps, and the touge mountain roads borrow directly from the drift culture that made Japan’s racing scene a global export.
This is the boldest map decision the series has made since the move to Mexico, and it lands. Reviews on Xbox are sitting at “universal acclaim” on Metacritic, with the Japan setting and the density of the open world drawing most of the praise. The seasonal live events and expanded multiplayer get a mention too, but the real story is that after six entries, Horizon finally has a map where the location is doing as much work as the cars.
If you have Game Pass, it is right there on launch day. If you don’t, this is the entry that is going to make people reconsider.