The game, which takes players to Japan, has been racking up impressive results one after another. The PlayStation 5 port is expected to give it an even bigger boost.

While Forza Horizon 6 doesn’t offer anything new, the addition of massive mechs, kei trucks, and Babymetal proves that the world’s largest open-world racing series continues to fly off the shelves. According to SteamDB, the game has surpassed 300,000 concurrent players on Steam, with a record of 302,645. It currently ranks among the top five most popular games, surpassing heavyweights like Apex Legends and Slay the Spire 2. It is only surpassed by DotA 2, PUBG, and the eternal champion, Counter-Strike 2. Considering that it was breaking records on PC within the franchise even before its release, it was only a matter of time. Forza’s “sim-racing” formula has made it a giant among racing games, and no amount of pre-release leaks seems to be able to slow it down. Perhaps those 8,000-year bans helped with that, too.

Given all this success, it’s easy to predict that Horizon could be the future of Forza, even though it started as a spin-off. Last year, former Turn 10 employee Fred Russell said that the main Motorsport series was dead following Microsoft’s mass layoffs, which, according to Bloomberg editor Jason Schreier, cut Turn 10’s staff in half. The more accessible spin-off has clearly surpassed its predecessor.

On Friday, Playground Games published a blog post about Forza Horizon 6. In it, they outlined the first issues they plan to address regarding the highly successful game, including the difficulty level of the Drivatar AI, bugs causing crashes, and optimization. These improvements will be included by default in the PlayStation 5 port, which is set to release at a later date.

Given the success of Forza Horizon 5 on the PlayStation 5, we can expect similar success with the new installment.

Source: PCGamer, SteamDB, Bsky