Forza Horizon fans won't have to wait long for the next adventure in the franchise. The highly anticipated title has received an official release date for May 19, 2026 during the January Xbox Developer Direct.
The Developer Direct is highlighting games from Xbox-owned Playground Games, Turn 10 Studios, and third-party partner Game Freak. The showcase opened up with a deep dive into Forza Horizon 6, with developers from Playground Games and Turn 10 sharing details on the upcoming racing title's Tokyo setting.
After showing off new features like cooperative building and new accessibility mechanics, the team confirmed the release date for Forza Horizon 6 for this spring. The May 19 release date is only for the Xbox and PC editions of Forza Horizon 6. PlayStation fans who have been taking advantage of Xbox's willingness to forgo console exclusivity for first-party titles will have to wait until later in 2026 to start racing.
Forza Horizon 6 shifts the game's narrative mode to introduce new qualifying races, with players starting off as tourists of Japan that have to prove their mettle before they can dive into the bigger races. Players will have their own home base that can be customized with new buildings that can also be visited by other players, building upon Forza's social gameplay offerings. Car Meets are also coming to Forza Horizon 6, a feature that is grounded in Japanese car culture's Daikoku car meet.
Xbox has confirmed that Forza Horizon 6 will launch with 550 different cars on day one, including the cover cars the 2025 GR GT Prototype and the 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser.
Xbox, Playground Games, and Turn 10 studios have not yet confirmed an exact release date for the PlayStation release of the game, though they did confirm that it would be later in 2026.
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