{"id":2187711,"date":"2026-10-09T14:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2187711"},"modified":"2026-10-09T14:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:42:23","slug":"its-official-forza-horizon-6-delayed-to-2027-on-ps5-and-the-games-first-expansion-has-been-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2187711","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s official: Forza Horizon 6 delayed to 2027 on PS5, and the game&#8217;s first expansion has been announced"},"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                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       15 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"header_actions\">\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><br \/>\n  <a class=\"button outline wide preferred_source_button\" data-component=\"preferred-source-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=eurogamer.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"logo\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><br \/>\nPrioritise us on Google  <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-release-date-leak-2027\">The reports were correct<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/forza-horizon-6\">Forza Horizon 6<\/a> has been delayed to 2027 on PS5. The PlayStation version had been expected this year &#8211; the PC and Xbox versions launched in May &#8211; but it will now launch in January.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the PS5 version launches 26th January, <a href=\"https:\/\/forza.net\/en-GB\/news\/forza-horizon-6-pre-order-ps5\">Playground announced on the Forza website<\/a> &#8211; with the option of early access from 21st January if you <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-gb\/product\/UP6312-PPSA32152_00-0930725187413160\/\">splash for a Premium Edition of the game<\/a>, which costs an eye-watering \u00a3110.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Forza Horizon 5 - Official PS5 Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zVGmNNQmfYM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/zVGmNNQmfYM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Forza Horizon 5 &#8211; Official PS5 Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zVGmNNQmfYM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>21st January is also when the game&#8217;s first paid expansion arrives, which will be included with the Premium Edition, thank god. There will also be a free update released that day for everyone else, though there&#8217;s no further details about either release yet.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The PS5 version of Forza Horizon 6 is said to manage 30FPS at 4K in the game&#8217;s Quality mode &#8211; visible in <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/FH6PS5trailer\">a pre-order trailer<\/a>, apparently &#8211; and 60FPS in the game&#8217;s Performance mode. And because cross-platform play and cross-saves are supported, you can play with other people on other platforms, and play on other platforms if you want. All user-made stuff like liveries and tuning setups are cross-platform too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-review\">We awarded Forza Horizon 6 &#8211; an open-world arcade racer set in Japan &#8211; a glittering five stars in our review<\/a>. &#8220;I think Horizon 6 is the highlight in a pantheon of already great racing experiences,&#8221; Dom wrote in their review, &#8220;and shows Playground Games as a developer at its peak &#8230; . It&#8217;s taken 14 years to get here, but I think Forza Horizon 6 finally delivers on the promises the original game made, way back in October 2012.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-release-date-leak-2027\">The reports were correct<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/forza-horizon-6\">Forza Horizon 6<\/a> has been delayed to 2027 on PS5. The PlayStation version had been expected this year &#8211; the PC and Xbox versions launched in May &#8211; but it will now launch in January.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the PS5 version launches 26th January, <a href=\"https:\/\/forza.net\/en-GB\/news\/forza-horizon-6-pre-order-ps5\">Playground announced on the Forza website<\/a> &#8211; with the option of early access from 21st January if you <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-gb\/product\/UP6312-PPSA32152_00-0930725187413160\/\">splash for a Premium Edition of the game<\/a>, which costs an eye-watering \u00a3110.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Forza Horizon 5 - Official PS5 Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zVGmNNQmfYM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/zVGmNNQmfYM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Forza Horizon 5 &#8211; Official PS5 Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zVGmNNQmfYM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>21st January is also when the game&#8217;s first paid expansion arrives, which will be included with the Premium Edition, thank god. There will also be a free update released that day for everyone else, though there&#8217;s no further details about either release yet.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The PS5 version of Forza Horizon 6 is said to manage 30FPS at 4K in the game&#8217;s Quality mode &#8211; visible in <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/FH6PS5trailer\">a pre-order trailer<\/a>, apparently &#8211; and 60FPS in the game&#8217;s Performance mode. And because cross-platform play and cross-saves are supported, you can play with other people on other platforms, and play on other platforms if you want. All user-made stuff like liveries and tuning setups are cross-platform too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/forza-horizon-6-review\">We awarded Forza Horizon 6 &#8211; an open-world arcade racer set in Japan &#8211; a glittering five stars in our review<\/a>. &#8220;I think Horizon 6 is the highlight in a pantheon of already great racing experiences,&#8221; Dom wrote in their review, &#8220;and shows Playground Games as a developer at its peak &#8230; . It&#8217;s taken 14 years to get here, but I think Forza Horizon 6 finally delivers on the promises the original game made, way back in October 2012.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Forza Horizon 6 It&#8217;s official: Forza Horizon 6 delayed to 2027 on PS5, and the game&#8217;s first expansion has been announced It&#8217;s not that Ferrari away. 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