Forza Horizon 6 has dropped a very important image: the full map of the open world racing game. Set in Japan, the map looks set to be the densest and most vertical for the series.
But if you’re not familiar with the map design in the Forza Horizon series, here’s the thing. The roads and locations are never 1:1 recreations of the real-world, with a lot of creative liberties taken with the focus on making the roads and layout of the map fun to drive on rather than realistic. Hence it’s “Horizon Japan” rather than Japan.
Similar to past games, Forza Horizon 6 has one dense city area, Tokyo in this case, and a good spread of asphalt and dirt roads. The map doesn’t cover the entirety of Japan, but geographically speaking it’s about the same area as where real-life Tokyo is supposed to be and its surrounding area, stretching far enough to reach the alps which still snows even in summer time.
Also, if you’re expecting mountain switchbacks, there’s a couple of them including a long trail on the east side of the map.
Here’s the full map of Forza Horizon 6:
Recently, Forza Horizon has released the first episode of The Art Of Driving, a documentary series focusing on cars, Japanese culture and featuring one of the artists featured in Forza Horizon 6 that contributed to the murals you’d find in the game, which are for gameplay purposes serves as a collectible.
Forza Horizon 6 will be out on May 19 on PC (Steam, Microsoft Store) and Xbox Series X|S, and later this year on PS5.