The official Forza Horizon account is preparing to make a significant announcement about the major event this Thursday, January 22 2026. The biggest change at the Horizon Festival will be announced. This declaration incited very active and passionate conversations right away among the gamers community, who are now sharing and caring their demands, expectations, and issues through the replies to the post about the upcoming Forza Horizon 6.
Well, it’s like, the Forza Horizon account just lit the fire and the reply thread is… huge. Not only about the hype but also about a whole list of what things players wanted to be fixed, changed, or simply abolished that ran down the whole spectrum of the latter two. The atmosphere is a blend of excitement and a little skepticism. People are clearing their schedules, e.g., PRIMETIME who posted, “Whenever I hear Xbox and event in the same sentence, I free my calendar,” which is very relatable. But then if you scroll down a bit, the real talk begins.
The most discussed request immediately is the elimination of Festival playlist format? User ‘neurhisham’ rather boldly announced, “Ditch the festival format,” and it seems that he is not alone. By chance BlackPanthaaYT joked, “THEY’RE GOING TO BLOW UP THE FESTIVAL PLAYLIST LIVE I request front row seats,” which really shows the vibe that players have lost the seasonal grind structure from FH5. However, another user, garrett brittain, opposed with a different perspective, referring to a rumor about a smaller car list, and claiming, “I seriously doubt the festival playlist is going anywhere.” So there is this kind of back-and-forth going on even before we have seen anything!
The debate of progression is also very much alive. It is huge. And user AuroraKTL asked, “Please, give us a proper progression, no hypercars on day1.” That feeling is everywhere. Gamers are no longer interested in the instant gratification of having access to all cars right from the start. They want to climb the ranks, you know? Like, do you remember when getting a cool car was like a reward? Teneo replied to another user longing for “proper bodykits and progression system this time,” and brought up FH5’s first teaser that talked about destructible bamboo trees instead of core gameplay depth. It is a whole saga.
Exclusive platform issue, that is a drama of its own. Alex asked, “PS5 day one pls 🥹,” which was like opening the floodgates. Mariusz Kuhn had a full-on opinion: “Just tell me that it comes out on all platforms the same day. If the PS5 version gets released later closer to GTA 6 date I just rather wait for GTA 6 then.” That’s a threat! But user ‘ItsOwen’ countered, “They have already confirmed that it’s Xbox and PC first, then later in the year it will be on PS5.” So the multi-platform approach has already created some tension in the community, with some Xbox players telling others to just buy an Xbox if they want to play on day one. Good old console wars stuff, but it does matter where people play.
Then the more general and detailed demands that have come with the sim-racing demands. User ‘fkingtoxicclown’ highlighted the issue with force feedback that he/she wrote in a very passionate and a little bit exaggerated way: “It’s horizon and ms’s biggest drawback for me. Going from ace, acc, ac, ams2, lmu, and even honest to God pmr makes forza ffb feel like a limp d in my hands and I can’t tell what the car is trying to do.” That is… very vivid and at the same time is very precise. Another user, DimaGaydar, claimed the right for a giant request that included deep dives on “physics, car models, tuning, the damage system, off-road driving physics, the changing seasons….” It becomes very evident that a part of the gamers’ community is wanting Horizon to become a more serious car racing game.
