But what about everyone else? We’ve had a quick browse around the web to see what critics have to say about Forza Horizon 6 as things stand, choosing a few quotes and scores to share below in the process.
Here’s what critics are saying about Forza Horizon 6 so far:
“Forza Horizon 6 delivers what is easily the most complete experience of the series to date. The Japanese map is amazing; a joy to explore – and the scenery is off the charts, across the board. While I’d like to see more in terms of new races and event types, especially in the Tokyo region, there’s still a lot more fun to be had than anything else.”
IGN (10/10)
“In fact, Forza Horizon 6 has not finished the beat, and it works like a titan. Aesthetically, it is the best looking and sounding game that Playground has produced, set on the most amazingly accessible map ever designed – full of dense, realistic details and amazing roads to drive. It is the most rewarding campaign that I can explore, the gameplay that I can’t explore. I will always admit that Forza Horizon 3 may be my favorite open runner of all time, because who doesn’t love driving in their own backyard, but make no mistake: Forza Horizon 6 is the undisputed best The new standard in open-world racing is here, and it’s gundamn art.”
“Forza Horizon 5 was already an exceptional racing game, but Forza Horizon 6 takes everything to the next level to deliver an engaging, fun and immersive experience. There’s a whole wealth of racing, exploring and collecting to do here, and that’s before the inevitable Live Service content as Live Service content becomes more important as these games begin to be added.”
“Playground Games does it again: equal parts experienced teacher and hands-on tour guide, Forza Horizon 6 takes lessons from the series’ 14 years of history and applies them with panache.”
“There’s already a well-established formula, and Playground Games has done well to continue to deliver one of the best races you’ll ever experience with Forza Horizon 6.”
“Even with a series built on delivering accessible racing that appeals to both new and established players, Forza Horizon 6 impresses every time, delivering one of the greatest racing games of this generation.”
“The best Forza Horizon game yet, it delivers an incredibly open and detailed world, full of great features. With easily 100 hours of high-quality solo content and unlimited potential with social creation and online play, Forza Horizon 6 is an exciting showpiece of the Xbox game. Just be aware that it’s a straight-up tag game vs. a great tag-racing game vs. a great racing game.”
“Horizon 6 disappointed me. I, who have played all six installments in the series. I feel that some of the progress presented by Horizon 5 is missing; I don’t think that Playground is willing enough to test everything from progression to UI design; and I don’t think that Japan meets the setting well here. But on the contrary, this, and the last hand of Horizon 5 is the basis of the best race that you can find in every Horizon game you can get is the best Horizon game in. Predictably it’s been used sparingly so I take the liberty of recommending Horizon 6 solely on the basis that it works as well as it does, although I also have to recommend that Playground Games take their time to be more ambitious next time.
At the time of writing, Forza Horizon 6 has a Metacritic rating of 92 and an OpenCritic score of 91marking the successful release of Xbox and Playground Games. We’re curious to see how this evolves in the coming months, and how it goes down on PS5 over time!