Review Forza Horizon 6: PC Ray Tracing Looks Great - A Hint Of The Project Helix Port To Come?
Digital Foundry • • technology
Key Points:
- Forza Horizon 6, developed by Playground Games, is a next-generation racing game that recreates Tokyo and rural Japan in a large-scale, open-world format, departing from Xbox One to focus on PC and Xbox Series X/S platforms.
- The game features advanced graphical technology on PC, including a new ray-traced global illumination system and ray-traced reflections, significantly enhancing realism and visual fidelity, though these require high-end hardware to run at maximum settings.
- On Xbox Series X/S, the game delivers stable performance with 4K resolution at 60fps on Series X and 1080p on Series S, with a quality mode offering limited ray tracing effects on cars but not on the environment.
- Horizon 6 maintains the series' signature festival atmosphere, music, and gameplay style, including the wristband progression system and immediate car access, providing a fun and well-optimized racing experience without major design changes.
- The PC version introduces a live preview feature for graphical settings adjustments without rebooting, improving user convenience compared to its predecessor, Forza Horizon 5.