{"id":1989671,"date":"2026-06-14T15:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1989671"},"modified":"2026-06-14T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:14:15","slug":"forza-horizon-6-players-advised-to-apply-new-patch-to-avoid-losing-save-data-and-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1989671","title":{"rendered":"Forza Horizon 6 players advised to apply new patch to avoid losing save data and progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/forza-horizon-6\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Forza Horizon 6<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Forza Horizon 6 players advised to apply new patch to avoid losing save data and progress<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Forza win.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/forza-horizon-6-review-header.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Forza Horizon 6 official image showing a Porsche driving away towards distant Mt Fuji, with the road and nearby trees covered in pink cherry blossom\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"forza-horizon-6-review-header.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Xbox Game Studios<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-14T15:14:15+00:00\">June 14, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"b99982ec-ce0c-4c4d-8150-6eb3628f1e8f\" data-name=\"Forza Horizon 6\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Forza Horizon 6\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Forza Horizon 6\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Forza Horizon 6\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Forza Horizon 6\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Forza Horizon 6\" title=\"Follow Forza Horizon 6\"><br \/>\n  Follow Forza Horizon 6<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Playground Games is investigating an issue where &#8220;game save progress may be lost or reset&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/forza-horizon-6\">Forza Horizon 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the issue on the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.forza.net\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/52517543779859-Notice-Regarding-Lost-Save-Issues-in-Forza-Horizon-6\">website<\/a>, the support team advised players affected by the glitch to &#8220;immediately open a ticket on the website&#8221; so the team can try to recover their save profile by reverting progress &#8220;back to an earlier save&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Forza Horizon 6 &#8211; Official Launch Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zykeOxdcZkk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We highly advise that you submit your ticket the same day the issue occurs to increase the chances of recovery,&#8221; the team warned. &#8220;In the meantime, do not start new play sessions or create new saves until Forza Support has reviewed your case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Players on Xbox are also advised to disable Quick Resume, ensure you are online when &#8220;qutting the game&#8221;, give your save time to sync before turning your device off, and do not force quit the same during save screens. Players should also not turn their devices off during gameplay, and if you receive an &#8220;out of space&#8221; pop-up with a game crash, you should check your storage and restart your console.<\/p>\n<p>As a consequence of the issue, Xbox has deployed a patch on PC and Steam, and advises you only play once you have version 37.114.10001.0 or higher installed. Xbox players also received a system update over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As only some players will start to receive the update automatically today, we highly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/support.xbox.com\/en-GB\/help\/hardware-network\/settings-updates\/system-update-overview\">following the steps outlined in this Xbox Support article to download the update manually to your console as soon as possible<\/a>,&#8221; the team added.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ForzaHorizon\/comments\/1u5ljfu\/just_lost_my_save_i_did_everything_right_even\/\">some players are still reporting data loss even after applying the new patch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Happened to me as well with 220 hours\u2026&#8221; wrote one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ForzaHorizon\/comments\/1u5ljfu\/comment\/orlnpoe\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">player<\/a>. &#8220;Not much you can do I think, except contact support and wait\u2026 although I\u2019ve been waiting 4 days with nothing. Just started playing on a new fresh account as they say not to start a new save on the corrupted account.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As we recently reported, Forza Horizon 6 is a blast, but there&#8217;s a recurring &#8216;drivatar&#8217; AI racer making things harder for many drivers. Their nickname is bowieknife99, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-drivatar-crisis\">they&#8217;ve caused enough mayhem to become an urban legend of sorts<\/a>. Now, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-bowieknife99-viral\">myth has gone viral<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Playground Games is investigating an issue where &#8220;game save progress may be lost or reset&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/forza-horizon-6\">Forza Horizon 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the issue on the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.forza.net\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/52517543779859-Notice-Regarding-Lost-Save-Issues-in-Forza-Horizon-6\">website<\/a>, the support team advised players affected by the glitch to &#8220;immediately open a ticket on the website&#8221; so the team can try to recover their save profile by reverting progress &#8220;back to an earlier save&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Forza Horizon 6 &#8211; Official Launch Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zykeOxdcZkk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We highly advise that you submit your ticket the same day the issue occurs to increase the chances of recovery,&#8221; the team warned. &#8220;In the meantime, do not start new play sessions or create new saves until Forza Support has reviewed your case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Players on Xbox are also advised to disable Quick Resume, ensure you are online when &#8220;qutting the game&#8221;, give your save time to sync before turning your device off, and do not force quit the same during save screens. Players should also not turn their devices off during gameplay, and if you receive an &#8220;out of space&#8221; pop-up with a game crash, you should check your storage and restart your console.<\/p>\n<p>As a consequence of the issue, Xbox has deployed a patch on PC and Steam, and advises you only play once you have version 37.114.10001.0 or higher installed. Xbox players also received a system update over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As only some players will start to receive the update automatically today, we highly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/support.xbox.com\/en-GB\/help\/hardware-network\/settings-updates\/system-update-overview\">following the steps outlined in this Xbox Support article to download the update manually to your console as soon as possible<\/a>,&#8221; the team added.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ForzaHorizon\/comments\/1u5ljfu\/just_lost_my_save_i_did_everything_right_even\/\">some players are still reporting data loss even after applying the new patch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Happened to me as well with 220 hours\u2026&#8221; wrote one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ForzaHorizon\/comments\/1u5ljfu\/comment\/orlnpoe\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">player<\/a>. &#8220;Not much you can do I think, except contact support and wait\u2026 although I\u2019ve been waiting 4 days with nothing. Just started playing on a new fresh account as they say not to start a new save on the corrupted account.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As we recently reported, Forza Horizon 6 is a blast, but there&#8217;s a recurring &#8216;drivatar&#8217; AI racer making things harder for many drivers. Their nickname is bowieknife99, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-drivatar-crisis\">they&#8217;ve caused enough mayhem to become an urban legend of sorts<\/a>. Now, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-bowieknife99-viral\">myth has gone viral<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Forza Horizon 6 Forza Horizon 6 players advised to apply new patch to avoid losing save data and progress Forza win. 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