Overview

• Announced during Xbox’s Tokyo Game Show 2025 broadcast, the cinematic teaser confirmed Japan as the series’ first Asia setting with a Mount Fuji reveal.
• Playground Games says Tokyo will be one of its most detailed urban environments yet, leveraging tech learnings from Forza Horizon 5’s Hot Wheels expansion for elevated roads.
• Seasonal systems return with greater impact, dynamically shifting terrain, activities and ambient audio across spring, summer, autumn and winter.
• Cultural consultant Kyoko Yamashita is embedded with the team to help deliver a lived-in depiction of Japan and avoid reductive stereotypes.
• The game launches in 2026 on Xbox Series X|S and PC with day-one Game Pass access, with a PlayStation 5 version planned post-launch and support from Turn 10.