Forza Horizon 6 has hit a higher peak player count than Forza Horizon 5 and it's not even out yet

I guess we can call Forza Horizon 6 letting players go to Japan and race against a mech a success then. The incarnation of Forza Horizon with kei trucks and indestructible cherry blossom trees in it is available four days early for people who buy the premium edition, and they have turned up in droves. It hit a peak of 178,009 players on Steam alone according to SteamDB, which puts it well ahead of Forza Horizon 5, the previous entry peaking at 81,096 players on Steam four-and-a-half years ago.

Racing games really have become one of those genres where a single competitor ends up streets ahead of everyone else, to the point where it's the only option for serious heads. Word is that Motorsport was killed off in Microsoft's cuts, and Read Entire Article