Forza Horizon 6 launched in Japan today. First impressions from anyone who has played it?

[TheGame_Fan]

Forza Horizon 6 launches on 19 May for Xbox and PC with Japan as the setting. The map has been described as the best in the series including mountain passes, Tokyo city streets, coastal roads, and Legend Island unlocked through ranked progression. The Toyota AE86 is in the garage.

Anyone played it yet? Is Japan the setting the series needed?

[ElPresidente]

Four hours in. The mountain road section in the north is extraordinary. The sense of elevation and the way the environment changes with altitude is the best open world racing has felt

[SpinorWave]

The Legend Island ranked unlock is the one controversy. Having to grind ranks to access the premium section of the map feels like engagement padding in a game you already paid for

[Shane96]

Japan was the obvious missing setting. The only surprise is it took this long. Every Horizon game since the third one has felt like it was working toward this

[Forge89]

The AE86 Initial D run down the mountain is everything I wanted and I am not embarrassed about it

[Nina81]

Performance on PC is excellent with a decent GPU. The Japan environment is dense enough that weaker hardware is going to notice it in the populated city areas

[Undertaker92]

Compared to the Australia map this feels like a completely different game in terms of visual variety. The biome changes are dramatic

[Phil80]

The car roster at launch is lighter than previous entries. Expecting heavy DLC support given the Japan setting has so much automotive culture to draw from

[NovaPrime68]

The radio stations are the best in the series. Japanese city pop alongside metal alongside electronic depending on your mood. The curation matters