Forza Horizon 6 PC Specs
Forza Horizon 6 is coming to PC Game Pass and Xbox app via the Microsoft Store, as well as Steam, on May 19. Early Access is included in the Premium Edition and Premium Upgrade, which allows you to begin playing up to four days early starting May 15.
Forza Horizon 6 unleashes the power and flexibility of the PC platform with 4K HDR visuals, enhanced ray tracing features, and high uncapped framerates. With support for ultrawide monitor resolutions and advanced video technologies including NVIDIA DLSS 4, AMD FSR 4 and Intel XeSS 2.1, PC players be can fully immersed in Japan’s endless beauty.
Q: How will Forza Horizon 6 look and play on PCs?
Our team has made significant improvements to the custom PC engine that delivered excellent performance in Forza Horizon 5, pushing graphical fidelity and quality further than ever before. Forza Horizon 6 has been built to take advantage of the latest generation of graphics hardware, delivering a world-class PC gaming experience.
Whether you prefer to play on high-end custom rigs and gaming laptops, or even PC handheld devices such as the Steam Deck and Xbox ROG Ally, Forza Horizon 6 will play great across a wide range of hardware configurations.
As we reach the final stages of the development before launch, we've put together the following spec sheet so you have an estimate of how Forza Horizon 6 should perform on your PC this May:
Q: Is my graphics card supported by Forza Horizon 6?
In addition to the information in the PC specifications table, please take note of the following:
The minimum supported GPU architecture for NVIDIA players is Turing. Forza Horizon 6 is not guaranteed to work for NVIDIA users with GPUs based on the Pascal architecture and older (for example GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 players). These architectures are below our minimum supported specification, no longer benefit from driver support, and you may therefore experience stability and performance issues.
Forza Horizon 6 will not work for AMD users with GPUs based on the Polaris or Vega architectures and older (for example Radeon 400 and 500 series players). These architectures are below our minimum supported specification.
Note: These are indications of possible target framerates within the PC specifications outlined. Performance will vary based on your setup, background tasks, graphics settings, and the use of ray tracing or upscaling technologies.
Q: Can I play Forza Horizon 6’s PC version on Linux?
The PC version of Forza Horizon 6 is supported on Windows 10 / 11 and Steam Deck devices using SteamOS. The game is not supported on Linux.
Q: Does Forza Horizon 6 on PC support DLSS, FSR and XeSS?
Yes, Forza Horizon 6 offers a range of advanced video technologies at launch, including:
- NVIDIA DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation for RTX 50 Series, DLSS Frame Generation for RTX 40 Series and above, DLSS Super Resolution for all GeForce RTX cards, DLAA, and NVIDIA Reflex
- AMD FSR 4 or 3 (depending on your GPU)
- Intel XeSS 2.1
Q: Does Forza Horizon 6 on PC support ultrawide monitors?
Yes, Forza Horizon 6 on PC supports ultrawide monitor resolutions.
Q: Does Forza Horizon 6 on PC support ray tracing?
For players with compatible graphics cards, the PC version of Forza Horizon 6 supports Ray-Traced Reflections, which you will see on both cars and in the environment, and Ray-Traced Global Illumination, or RTGI for short. RTGI uses ray tracing hardware to compute more accurate indirect lighting and occlusion across both the open world environment and cars in real time.
Q: What updates have been made to the graphics options in Forza Horizon 6?
Forza Horizon 6 will feature the wealth of customizable settings that you've come to expect from Forza Horizon games. In addition, all of the PC render settings can now be changed without the need to restart the game. There are also live previews for many of the graphics settings, allowing you to easily see the visual changes you are making.
Forza Horizon 6 also displays real-time video and system memory usage figures so you can see how the changes you are making to graphics settings impact memory usage.
Q: Does Forza Horizon 6 on PC include a benchmark mode?
Yes, the PC version of Forza Horizon 6 includes a benchmark mode, which gives players a great and consistent way to assess the performance of the game.
Q: Can I play the PC version of Forza Horizon 6 on Steam Deck or Xbox ROG Ally, and is there cross-save for these devices?
For players who own a PC gaming handheld device, such as the Steam Deck or Xbox ROG Ally, you can explore Japan on the go with all your progress intact thanks to cross-save, which is available on every platform Forza Horizon 6 can be played on. That includes Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, Steam and Steam Deck devices using SteamOS, PC gaming handhelds, and the PlayStation 5 version coming later this year.