Forza Horizon 6's Recommended PC Specs Have Arrived, Here's How Your Machine Stacks

Playground Games’ open-world racing sim Forza Horizon 6 is speedily making the hairpin turns towards its May 19 release, and months ahead of launch, the game’s PC requirements have finally been revealed. You’ll have quite a few options for CPUs and GPUs, so check below to see how your machine stacks up.

There are four specifications for the upcoming timed console exclusive: minimum, recommended, extreme, and extreme with ray tracing. Forza Horizon 6 will run on graphics cards as old as 2019 with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650. The processor is even better, with it running on the Intel Core i5 8400 that released in 2017. These are just the minimum requirements, though. You’ll need some better hardware if you want to flex the graphical fidelity Playground Games has been cooking up.

For example, if you wanted to play Forza Horizon 6 on extreme settings at 4K resolution, you’ll want either 2022’s AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT or 2023’s Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GPUs. And to reach extreme settings with ray tracing on at an upscaled 4K resolution, you should have either 2025’s Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards.

While the latter cards are quite pricey, averaging between $1,000 and $1,500, you don’t need to spend your whole rent to run Forza Horizon 6. In fact, something like the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 goes for about $200 while the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Intel Arc A380 can be found for less than $150 on resellers like eBay.

The only bummer, then? The RAM. Regardless of the specifications, you’ll need at least 16GB of RAM to run Forza Horizon 6. Considering the increasing cost of RAM in the wake of the ongoing chip shortages, this can sting since RAM can go for as little as $350 to well over $800.

Find the full list of minimum, recommended, extreme, and extreme with ray tracing specs below:

Forza Horizon 6 PC Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 10/11 at least 22H2
• Processor: Intel Core i5 8400/AMD Ryzen 5 1600
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650/AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT/Intel Arc A380
• Storage: SSD
• Resolution: 1080p
• Target fps: 60

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 10/11 at least 22H2
• Processor: Intel Core i5 12400F/ AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT/Intel Arc A580
• Storage: SSD
• Resolution: 1440p
• Target fps: 60+

Extreme:

• OS: Windows 10/11 at least 22H2
• Processor: Intel Core i7 12700K/AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
• Memory: 24 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti/AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
• Storage: NVMe SSD
• Resolution: 4K
• Target fps: 60+

Extreme RT:

• OS: Windows 10/11 at least 22H2
• Processor: Intel Core i7 12700K/AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
• Memory: 32 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti/AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
• Storage: NVMe SSD
• Resolution: 4K upscaled
• Target fps: 60+

Forza Horizon 6 is the latest entry in Playground Games’ long-running racing sim. This time around, the storied franchise heads to Japan to burn rubber on the island’s many iconic roads. It also has over 550 cars and a new mode that’s giving Initial D in the best way possible. And if you don’t want to play on Xbox consoles or PC, you don’t have to: You’ll have to wait a while, but Forza Horizon 6 will make its way to PS5 later this year.