'Forza Horizon 6' players hunting for the best drift car in Japan's neon-soaked mountains are discovering an unlikely hero: a budget-friendly delivery truck that, with the right tune, can out-slide supercars across the game's drift zones. The revelation has been spreading through the 'Forza Horizon 6' community in recent days, as players trade notes on which vehicles handle the game's most demanding sideways challenges with the least fuss and the smallest dent in their in-game wallets.
Drifting is central to 'Forza Horizon 6' in a way it never quite was in previous entries. Set in Japan, a country long associated with the birth of modern drifting in the 1970s, the game's map is packed with winding touge roads, industrial estates and mountain passes seemingly designed for going sideways. The result is predictable. Players are spending less time chasing straight-line speed and more time trying to string together long, controlled slides from one drift zone to the next.