Forza Horizon 6 Releases Series 2 Update

Series 2 update for Forza Horizon 6 arrived and made some important changes to the game while also adding a number of quality of life improvements to the overall experience. Despite a few hiccups along the way, Forza Horizon 6 It looks to be another massive success for Playground Games, and that's even before the PlayStation 5 fanbase has had a chance to dive into the game. At least part of this success can be attributed to the series finally heading to Japan with its diverse biomes in which to race.

The update comes just before the actual launch of Series 2, called Horizon Decades, which brings with it a brand new festival playlist to take part in. As for this update, Playground Games have continued to tweak Drivatar's aggressive AI. Forza Horizon 6especially with behavior at the start of races. As for the festival playlist, players will notice in Season 2 that Daily CHallenges can no longer be completed before they are active, so players will no longer be able to plan ahead and instead have to wait until they are active.

Forza Horizon 6 Series 2 patch notes

Version number:

• X|S series XBOX: 375,327
• Windows PC (Xbox app): 375,327
• Steam: 375,327

Bug fixes and changes

General

• Performance and stability fixes.

• Fixed an issue where the game took longer than expected to launch after starting Benchmark Mode.

AI

• Difficulty balance improvements.

• Fixed Drivatar race launch behavior issue.

Sound

• Improved audio performance on lower spec devices.

• Adjusted vent volume on Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SV 2010.

Badge

• Fixed an issue with the Screechy Clean badge where progress was only counted during the Touge Event.

Design

• Fixed an issue where leaderboards sometimes displayed the wrong drivetrain.

• Fixed an issue with convoy leaderboards where times might not be displayed consistently for all players in a convoy on Drag Meets and Time Attack Circuits.

Festival playlist

• Fixed an issue where some daily challenges and seasonal jobs could be completed early.

• Fixed an issue where completed weekly challenges in the previous season were missing the Completed label.

• Fixed an issue where various daily challenges across seasons were not unlocking for some players.

  • Notes for developers: All Daily Challenge Points in Series 1 will be awarded back to players for each season they participated. To get them, players must visit Series 1 in their playlist history.

Horizon game

• Fixed an issue where some players would not unlock level 12 in Horizon Play until entering another racing event.

• Adjustments have been made to the amount of experience required between level 26 and level 100 in Horizon Play. This will greatly reduce the time it takes to get the 'Maxed Out' Achievement.

  • Notes for developers: Players who have already made significant progress in Horizon Play (level 25 and above) will see their level jump significantly and unlock new badges, and players who have already reached level 32 will jump to level 100, unlocking badges and the “Maxed Out” achievement.

Discovering the road

• The percentage of roads traveled has been added to the overview of the region.

• Fixed an issue where two road nodes were never marked as undiscovered.

• Fixed inconsistencies in pathfinding between minimap and world map.

Visuals

• Fixed graphical corruption seen in some loading screen transitions on XBOX Series X|S, especially in Horizon Stories and after completing the Monthly Rivals Event.

• Fixed motion blur artifact appearing along the rear of the 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI GSR TM Edition.

• Fixed an issue with inconsistent lighting that occurred when switching between times of day in Photo mode.

• Fixed an issue where green artifacts were seen when trying to take a photo through a metal mesh fence.

• Fixed an issue where rain particles were disabled in the “High” graphics preference on PC.

• Improved the pixelated red smoke that appears in street races when using upscaling.

Upgrades & Tuning

• Adjustments have been made to the physics of Drag Tires to bring them more in line with their expected behavior.

  • Notes for developers: The team noticed that the Drag tires significantly reduced the Performance Index (PI) while still providing enough lateral grip to effectively perform as a tire for several types of racing outside of Drag Racing. This is not the expected behavior or use case for Drag Tires. To mitigate this issue, we've made some adjustments that ensure Drag Tires are no longer the optimal tire choice outside of drag racing.

In addition, we have kept the PI price of the Drag Tires, which means that any tune that currently exists, for example the tune that is the A 700, will not change the PI, but will have significantly reduced cornering performance.

The team realizes that this means there are many leaderboard items that will need to be removed. This will be an ongoing process as we work to identify and remove all lap times that were set with Drag Tires prior to this patch.

It is important to note that this change will only affect the cornering performance of Drag Tires, so drag times and drag leaderboards will not be affected by this change.

Save the problems

If you've experienced loss of save data, we recommend visiting our Forza support article for more information on how to get help and how to reduce the risk of data loss.

Released

May 19, 2026

ESRB

Everyone / Mild texts, user interactions, in-game purchases

Publishers

Xbox Game Studios