If Forza Horizon 5 is anything to go by, then this year's Forza Horizon 6 could well be a racing game worth playing in the years to come.
Playground Games has proven it supports its titles well after launch, but with the delay to the PS5 version pushing it out of the initial May 2026 release window, you'll be playing catch-up once it does come out. It is confirmed the PS5 version will launch at some point this year.
If you do not want to be left behind, then one solution is to begin playing on Xbox Series X|S or PC, as a new cross-save feature means you can carry your progress over between platforms for the first time in the series.
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Taking the racing franchise to Japan this time, Forza Horizon 6 has an Xbox Series X|S and PC launch date of 19th May 2026, with the first glimpse of gameplay revealed in the recent Xbox Developer Direct. Here's the pitch:
Discover the breathtaking landscapes of Japan in over 550 real-world cars and become a racing Legend at the Horizon Festival. Start your journey as a tourist and explore a world full of hit music and Japanese culture. Build a Valley Estate, acquire awe-inspiring homes, and display your prized car collection in fully Customizable Garages. Cruise the roads with your friends and join Car Meets around Japan, unleash your imagination with EventLab and build together in Horizon CoLab.
Do features like this tempt you into buying a game twice? Let us know in the comments below.
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Why would you buy it twice and switch over if you buy it and start playing it on Xbox/PC?
But you have to buy it twice...
I wish cross-save was a more common feature in games. It would help a lot for the games I own both on console&PC.
@DonkeyFantasy Yeah that would be for the best and save people the double dip.
Oh dear god YES.
I have one three month GPU card left to use with FH6 on my Series X, and then I’ll actually buy the game on PS5 when the time comes and carry everything over.
So happy to see this. It was my one issue with FH5 being ported to PS5, all my Series X progress didn’t carry over.
@themightyant Gamepass. Those folks aren’t buying the game like we are, at least not at first.
This is fantastic since I already have Game Pass until the end of 2026. That way I can start on PC first when it launches and then switch to the PlayStation 5 version once it’s available and enjoy playing the game on the TV in the living room.
@dskatter
There are a lot of people who mainly play on PlayStation but use GamePass to try games. This cross-save feature is perfect for them.
Nuh-uh. I actually only got a series S and gamepass in the first place because I coveted FH4 so much.
A few reasons I am willing to wait for the PS5 version:
TLDR I'm happy to wait to make the most out of this game.
@TrollOfWar Exactly. I own a Series X as well as a PS5 and Switch/Switch 2, and took advantage of GP to gauge my buying decisions for a while. It’s how I discovered that I love the Horizon series, and even got me to buy Hi-Fi Rush and High On Life for PS5!
But then, I also prefer owning (or indefinitely renting, in the case of digital purchases) my games, too. Most people who use gamepass (anecdotally, I know a few in r/l) don’t buy games at all. Except Helldivers 2, I was able to get them to buy that.
This is cool but dammit MS I want cross save with switch 2!
I thought everything was an Xbox? 😂
This is great news, this'll probably be the last game I play on the Xbox so it's great I won't have to start over again when the PS version comes out.
At this point if I were into racing games my FOMO would have gone, and I might even just wait for a sale on PS5.
@weeniebeenie if you have a pc / xbox in a differnt room and a ps5 in your bedroom?
This “feature” makes no sense. It’s for no one — like cloud gaming. I love my PC and I’ve got a huge Steam library, but I almost never double-dip on the same game, and I definitely don’t bounce back and forth between platforms. That’s absurd. Buying the same game twice is stupid unless a deep sale makes it hard to resist — and even then, only if there are real upgrades.
But the bigger problem is what this does to games themselves. If everything has to support cross-play and cross-save, then versions have to stay in lockstep. That means features that truly take advantage of one platform often don’t get built at all, because parity becomes the priority. Instead of pushing hardware, games get designed to the lowest common denominator.
This is the same stubborn, out-of-touch thinking that helped drag AAA gaming into its current mess. Executives keep chasing trends like cross-play, cross-save, and live service because they sound good in investor calls, not because players asked for them. They ignore clear proof of what actually works. But that would require patience and belief in the product, not just quarterly growth. So they flatten everything into “platform ecosystems,” design by spreadsheet, and call it innovation.
With that said Forza 6 is is going to be fantastic and I’m buying day one when it releases on PS5.
@weeniebeenie Exactly. What next a story about being able to play PS3 games whilst you wait for PS5 back-combat by simply buying a PS3. Absolutely silly article.
Shame they didn’t do this with FH5, I was a good few years in before I bought again on the ps5. Doh!
Music to my ears! Will work on it casually until Ps5 release, then purchase and move on over.
@weeniebeenie subsidized gamepass doesn’t require one to buy it. Money will be made mostly from the PS console base. High profile day one subsidized gamepass titles hasn’t helped them out.
Will Xbox publishing studios actually put the full game on a PS5 disc? I don’t want a few bytes of data on a disc.
@weeniebeenie Most people won't, but as for any game there are some people who will, and it's a nice touch for them.
Largely though, it's a feature included forbdual Xbox and PC users, where you can buy it once and get it on both platforms. Then it makes more sense. My guess would be that adding PS5 to the cross save tech was trivial enough, so they did.
Catch up? Left behind? I’m confused, is this going to be some type of live service focused game?
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