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6 Million Join Forza Horizon 6 Festival, AI Tweaked

5/23/2026

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Forza Horizon 6 Milestone

Over 6 million players joined the Forza Horizon 6 festival within four days, according to Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios.
The title has sold about 5 million copies, with 42 % sold on Xbox.
Developers are investigating Drivatar AI balance after feedback that AI opponents are too fast on higher difficulty levels.
A hotfix improves loading errors while developers address PC framerate issues on AMD GPUs, audio crackling, and plan further crash fixes.

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Forza Horizon 6 Dominates

The game earned a 91 Metacritic score, the highest of 2026.
Steam recorded over 284,000 concurrent players, ranking it third on the most-played list.
The launch outperformed Halo Infinite, becoming Xbox’s biggest first-party debut.
A full-game leak ten days before Early Access did not dent sales or player counts.
Windows Central reviewer Michael Hoglund gave the game 4.5 out of 5 stars and praised its polished open world.

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Turn10 Thanks

Turn 10 Studios thanked players, citing feedback from Reddit, Steam, Discord, YouTube, Twitch and the Forza Feedback Portal.
Series 1 “Welcome to Japan” runs May 21-June 18, with a one-hour Wristband unlocking the Festival Playlist.
Summer challenges (May 21-28) award points for reward cars such as the 2008 Mazda Furai (60 pts).
Many players mute the radio and cutscene dialogue, while the Japanese setting earned praise for authentic landmarks like Shibuya Crossing, taxis and concrete freeways.

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Forza Horizon 6 Milestone

Over 6 million players joined the Forza Horizon 6 festival within four days, according to Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios.
The title has sold about 5 million copies, with 42 % sold on Xbox.
Developers are investigating Drivatar AI balance after feedback that AI opponents are too fast on higher difficulty levels.
A hotfix improves loading errors while developers address PC framerate issues on AMD GPUs, audio crackling, and plan further crash fixes.

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