PlayStation fans’ trip to Japan is slightly delayed. After months of only saying that Forza Horizon 6 is set to release on PS5 later this year, it now has a release date: January 26.
For all intents and purposes, this is a delay, despite the PS5 port never having a release date to begin with.
Forza Horizon 6 on PS5 will have cross-play and cross-save (cross-progression) with the current Xbox and PC (Steam) platforms, so if you want to double/triple dip and get FH6 on PS5, you should have the same save ready to go, unlike Forza Horizon 5 which didn’t have cross-save.
This also means that access to all community-created content, from liveries to custom events, as well as the new prefabs, garages and estates, are available on PS5 as well.
The PS5 release of Forza Horizon 6 coincides with the release of its first paid expansion set to drop on January 21. No details of what the expansion is has been revealed. A free content update will also set to coincide the expansion drop, but with how little the post-launch content drop has been (we’ve stop posting them as it’s just a monthly drop of three not-too-exciting new cars and one non-consequential limited-time event), better not to expect too much.
Forza Horizon 6 takes place in a Horizon-ified Japan, where the Horizon Festival now takes place all year. Featuring mountain passes, snowy alps, and the densest city in a Forza Horizon, the game brings a more traditional progression system, hundreds of cars to drive and customise, and a beautiful rendition of Japan that’s fun to look and to drive in and around.
Good Forza Horizon 6 News Amid Poor Post-Launch Reception
While launch reception has been positive, Forza Horizon 6 is currently battling a weary fanbase as post-launch support has been poor. To combat fear of missing out, the seasonal content, dubbed Series, now only provide 3 brand-new cars to collect while another seven is a rotational of previously-featured cars.
The Evolving World feature, which adds limited-time events only for four weeks, has been stagnant. The most notable addition was a limited-time drift trial that makes use of the time attack mechanic from the base game but now measure drift scores instead of lap time. The next Evolving World feature includes a name brand, but it’s effectively a 7 Eleven pop-up store, where you can park cars around the famous convenience store brand, for a limited time. Funnily, the placement of the 7E building is placed “reminiscent of a konbini overlooking Mt. Fuji,” which in real life is actually another brand store, Lawson.
On top of that, community-made liveries have been more actively moderated as of late which resulted in bans of itasha liveries. Itasha, in this context refers to cars with over-the-top graphics featuring manga, anime or game characters, is a big part of Japanese car culture, so while some enforcement to stop copyright infringement is within the rights of the developers, it does not help the poor goodwill FH6 is having what was a stellar launch.
To add more fuel to the fire (of competition), Ubisoft’s competing open world racer The Crew Motorfest is continuing its free content drop by expanding the base game’s map to add another island to the Motorfest-ified map of Hawaii as well releasing a paid DLC involving an unexpected collaboration with Tomb Raider with the addition of new overlanding mechanics to switch things up. That game also previously added RC cars.
In reception to this, Playground Games posted on social recently that they’re aware of what fans are saying in regards to its post-launch updates.
Forza Horizon 6 will launch on PS5 on January 26, 2027. The game is out now on Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam). Check out our review of the game here.