On The Xbox Two podcast with Rand al Thor, the duo discussed newly appointed XBOX chief strategy officer Matthew Ball and his statement about reviving “storied” franchises. When the former said this might mean Fallout, Corden responded, “I’ve heard that like, I don’t know how true this is, but one thing I heard is Fallout remasters are probably a little bit further off than people think, and The Elder Scrolls 6 is still quite far away. I suppose that getting some of those games out more quickly is probably something they’re probably very thinking is top of mind for them.”

Both believe that the alleged Fallout remasters could arrive starting next year, if not “at least one of them.” Corden went a step further, theorizing that perhaps The Elder Scrolls 6 could launch in 2028 or even 2029. At this point, launching any time before the decade is up would be a miracle.

Bethesda’s Todd Howard has said on more than one occasion that multiple Fallout projects are in the works, and that Fallout 5 would eventually have its time. Whether that includes Fallout 3 Remastered remains unknown, but rumors claim it’s aiming for the same level of polish as The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered (hopefully with better post-launch support).

As for The Elder Scrolls 6, Howard said last March that the “majority of this building” (referring to Bethesda) was working on the title. It’s developed on Creation Engine 3, and the team is “happy where it’s headed”, but sit tight because the team is taking its sweet time with it.

The development team is currently investigating complaints that AI opponents are a little too fast, “especially at higher difficulties.” It’s also aware of performance issues with AMD GPUs on PC, and fixes are on the way to improve frame rates.

PC players have also noted bugs such as audio crackling, crashes and Invalid Loading errors. While the team has a potential fix in the works for the audio, a hotfix is already live for fixing any Invalid Loading errors. It noted some crashes resulted from unsupported operating systems and hardware that’s below the minimum spec. If you’re on Nvidia, a Turing GPU is a must, while AMD users with Polaris, Vega and older architectures are out of luck.

Of course, this is only the beginning of post-launch support, especially as Playground prepares additional cars and content. The first Festival Playlist, “Welcome to Japan,” is already live, and players can expect a new one each month. There’s also the Italian Passion Car Pack in July, which adds the 2025 Ferrari F80, 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB4 Spider, 2021 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm, and 1990 Alfa Romeo SE 048SP.

Stay tuned for more updates as they roll out, and check out our review for Forza Horizon 6 here. It’s available on Xbox Series X/S and PC.

This Forza Horizon 6 guide is a listing of all 15 Barn Finds, their general regional locations, and the Discover Japan Stamp unlock requirements before they will even spawn.

2005 Honda NSX-R GT

B 608

RWD

Ohtani Region

South-east of Kinkaku-ji Temple

Requires Discover Japan Yellow Stamp

1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500

C 484

RWD

Ito Region

In a clearing in the south-east of the fields

Requires Discover Japan Green Stamp

1969 Toyota 2000GT

D 377

RWD

Ito Region

Near the beach on the south-eastern coastline

Requires Discover Japan Green Stamp

1989 Nissan PAO

D 145

FWD

Minamino Region

Requires Discover Japan Blue Stamp

1971 Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R

D 380

RWD

Nangan Region

Requires Discover Japan Blue Stamp

1982 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3

B 550

RWD

Ohtani Region

Requires Discover Japan Pink Stamp

1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16

C 500

AWD

Shimanoyama Region

South-west of Narai-Juku

Requires Discover Japan Pink Stamp

1962 Lincoln Continental

D 267

RWD

Hokubu Region

Requires Discover Japan Pink Stamp

1998 Nissan #23 Pennzoil NISMO Skyline GT-R

S2 848

RWD

Takashiro Region

Requires Discover Japan Pink Stamp

1997 Mitsubishi Montero Evolution

D 346

AWD

Shimanoyama Region

Requires Discover Japan Orange Stamp

1997 Lamborghini Diablo SV

A 649

RWD

Ito Region

Requires Discover Japan Orange Stamp

1998 Nissan R390 (GT1)

S1 774

RWD

Ohtani Region

Requires Discover Japan Purple Stamp

2005 Mitsubishi #1 Sierra Sierra Enterprises Lancer Evolution Time Attack

R 962

AWD

Shimanoyama Region

Near Narai-Juku

Requires Discover Japan Purple Stamp

1983 Nissan #11 Tomica Skyline Turbo Super Silhouette

S2 847

RWD

Ito Region

Requires Discover Japan Gold Stamp

1991 Mazda #55 Mazda 787B

R 988

RWD

Takashiro Region

West of Hirosaki Castle/North-west of Soni Circuit

Requires Discover Japan Gold Stamp

Those are all 15 Barn Finds to be discovered in Forza Horizon 6 with their unlock requirements.

This guide is a list of potential spawn locations for Aftermarket Cars in Forza Horizon 6, denoted by a green icon of a car with the letters ‘CR’ on the map, when nearby. Any cars mentioned have a high tendency to spawn, but are not guaranteed. Colored wristband unlock requirements are also listed.

Aftermarket Car Spawn Locations

Daikoku Parking Lot

Tokyo City

• Mazda RX-3 Forza Edition

Near Tokyo Player House

Tokyo City

Tokyo Rail Sprint Road Racing

Tokyo City

Green Wristband 2,500 Horizon Festival Points

Sotoyama Ski Resort (north of Snow Forest Cross Country Circuit)

Sotoyama Region

Blue Wristband 6,000 Horizon Festival Points

• Subaru BRZ Forza Edition

North-east of Sotoyama Scramble

Sotoyama Region

Blue Wristband 6,000 Horizon Festival Points

Okuibuki Parking Lot

Sotoyama Region

Horizon Festival Kilometer Drag Meet Strip

Ohtani Region

• MX-5 Forza Edition

North-west of Kinkaku-ji Trail Dirt Racing

Ohtani Region

North-east of Shimanoyama Charge Street Racing

Shimanoyama Region

Motoki Auto Garage 

Shimanoyama Region

• Ferrari SF90 Stradale
• Jaguar XJ220S TWR

Narai-Juku Circuit

Shimanoyama Region

Shimanoyama Circuit Parking Lot

Shimanoyama Region

South of Taiyaki Scramble Dirt Racing

Shimanoyama Region

Green Wristband 2,500 Horizon Festival Points

Near Coastline Sprint

Nangan Region

Pink Wristband 10,000 Horizon Festival Points

South of Hakone Nanamagari Touge

Nangan Region

North of Kawazu Nanadaru Loop Bridge

Nangan Region

Yuji’s Auto

Minamino Region

South-east of Airfield Trail Dirt Racing

Minamino Region

Airfield Trail Convenience Store Parking Lot

Minamino Region

Pink Wristband 10,000 Horizon Festival Points

Garage Near Yellow House

Ito Region

Sekibe Circuit

Ito Region

Among Houses On Ine Road

Ito Region

Private House Parking Lot On Ine Road (north-east of previous Aftermarket spawn)

Ito Region

Isolated House Near Flower Fields

Hokubu Region

South of Shikisai Sprint Road Racing

Hokubu Region

Blue Wristband 6,000 Horizon Festival Points

South-west of Horizon Festival Invitational Event

Hokubu Region

Hokubu Circuit

Hokubu Region

North of Waterfall Trail Dirt Racing

Takashiro Region

Blue Wristband 6,000 Horizon Festival Points

Soni Circuit Lot

Takashiro Region

Legend Island Circuit

Legend Island Region

Discover all roads on Legend Island first

Potential Aftermarket Car Spawns

• 2015 Alumi Craft Class 10
• 2018 Audi RS e-tron
• 1993 Autozam AZ-1
• 2020 BMW M8 Competition Coupé
• 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat
• 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
• 2020 Ferrari SF90 Stradale
• 1992 Ford Escort RS Cosworth
• 2018 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5
• 2013 Ford Mustang GT
• 1997 Honda Civic Type R
• 2004 Honda Civic Type R
• 2015 Honda Civic Type R
• 2022 Honda e
• 2019 Hyundai Veloster N
• 1993 Jaguar XJ220S TWR
• 2004 Lancer VIIIMR
• 2008 Lancer XGSR
• 1997 Lotus Elise GT1
• 1973 Mazda RX-3 Forza Edition
• 1994 Mazda MX-5 Miata
• 1994 Mazda MX-5 Miata Forza Edition
• 2022 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF
• 2021 Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series
• 1997 Mitsubishi GTO
• 1989 Nissan S-Cargo
• 1997 Nissan Stagea RS Four V
• 2019 Nissan 370Z NISMO
• 1986 Porsche #186 959 Prodrive Rally Raid
• 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera
• 2004 Porsche 911 GT3
• 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS
• 1998 Nissan Silvia K’s
• 1996 Subaru SVX
• 2022 Subaru BRZ Forza Edition
• 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
• 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
• 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
• 1990 Subaru Legacy RS
• 2019 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro
• 2021 Toyota Yaris GR
• 1966 Volkswagen Beetle

Remember that you can take every Aftermarket Car for a spin with a free Test Drive for two whole minutes.

Those are all of the Aftermarket Car spawning locations in Forza Horizon 6 as well as any wristband requirements, and some of the vehicles most likely to spawn.

But what makes it so special? Amid all the critical praise – Forza Horizon 6 is currently the highest rated game of the year on Metacritic and Opencritic – it’s worth remembering that its predecessor was equally beloved. What elevates the sequel beyond just “open-world racing sim but Japan”? Let’s delve into the ten ways that it does better than Forza Horizon 5, and there’s no better place to begin with than…

Progression Actually Feels Earned

If the Horizon Festival felt more like a carnival in Forza Horizon 5 – presenting a buffet of cars, events and paths to choose from with little restriction or consequence – Forza Horizon 6 brings much-needed structure back into the equation. Instead of a renowned competitor, you stat as a tourist – a relative newcomer to Japan, who must not only qualify for the Horizon Festival but also earn the right to access faster cars. This is possible through the Wristband system, which introduces tangible goals to work toward. Yes, you’ll still be presented with an array of cars to choose from – more on that shortly – but at least there isn’t that feeling of receiving every single supercar within hours of minimal effort.

Better Structure With Wristbands

Speaking of the Wristband system, it’s more than just a means to gate your progression. It defines your place in the world – your journey in becoming a legend and accessing the appropriately named Legend Island. Beyond providing a much more tangible endgame to indulge in (including The Goliath, spanning a whopping 53.1 miles), it offers something to work toward—a persistent goal, even as you take in the sights and uncover everything magical about Japan while being rewarded for it.

Exploration and Goals

All too often, open-world games devolve into simply checking off items from a list. Go here, complete this event, clear this Speed Trap, destroy this sign, and so on. And while many of the same activities make their way to Japan, there is a more definitive purpose to discovering them, thanks to the new Collection Journal and Stamps. You’re not just happening upon a new location and raking in the XP, but also admiring landmarks, photographing the environment and adding all those little achievements into your journal. The rewards are nice and all, but that feeling of discovery feels more prominent than it did in Forza Horizon 5.

Improved Fast Travel

Of course, there’s the other side of exploration – fast travel. Whereas Forza Horizon 5 requires buying properties and then smashing all the fast travel boards to eventually make it free, Forza Horizon 6 takes a different approach. There’s no cost at all, right from the start, but fast travel is only available on previously discovered roads. So even if you’re just picking a direction and driving to nowhere, it feels like you’re doing more than just defogging the map. And if you discover any interesting content, it’s much easier to return to it later.

A Land of Contrasts

Variety is the spice of life, especially in an open-world racer where you want to offer a bit of everything. Mexico achieved that purpose pretty well, but Forza Horizon 6 raises it even further. Beyond Tokyo City, which the rest of the world revolves around, Japan offers a stunning contrast at every corner. Snow-capped mountains and rural roads quickly give way to quiet suburban neighborhoods and winding paths perfect for high-stakes Touge battles. The fact that Japan itself is a stunning contrast of the old and new, the traditional and the new-age, only feeds this further, presenting a stunning degree of variety.

The Best Urban Driving Yet

Of course, we’d be remiss not to mention Tokyo City because there’s simply been nothing like it in previous Horizon games. Even though Forza Horizon 5’s Guanajuato is fairly large, Tokyo is five times larger, presenting a diverse range of sights across its four districts and unparalleled urban exploration. One moment, you could be barreling down narrow roads to deliver food; the next, you’re participating in street races to the backdrop of neon signs. And that’s before accounting for the sheer amount of layers, lending a unique sense of verticality.

Car Meets and Cultural Exchange

Despite the many ups and downs of Forza Horizon 5’s multiplayer, you have to give it credit for trying to encourage more social play, especially with convoys and the introduction of EventLab. Forza Horizon 6 leans into the community aspect much more, courtesy of Car Meets – in-game locations like Okuibuki and Daikoku, where you can actually meet other players and show off your vehicles. It’s more than just bragging rights, though – the entire experience exposes you to new designs (which can be downloaded) and yet-to-be-discovered vehicles. Even if you’re not actually making any new friends, the indulgence in car culture is unmistakable.

The Sounds of Japan

Seeing Japan is only the first step – you also need to hear it in all its glory for the full experience. So, beyond the revamped engine audio and acoustic modelling, Forza Horizon 6 also uses field recordings from across the country, complete with different seasons. Then there’s the music, which offers a heaping helping of Japanese artists – ZUTOMAYO, Yoasobi, KANA-BOON, Ado, and the legendary Hikaru Utada, among others. All of this contributes to the ambience in different ways, and it truly feels like something special.

Customization And Player Ownership

Circling back to the whole “Discover Japan” aspect of the exploration, Forza Horizon 6 also allows you to go further beyond, letting you effectively make it your home. While Forza Horizon 5 had garages to purchase, the customisation in 6, especially with the ability to craft your own base through the Estate, is on another level, especially when inviting other players over. Customisation has also gone improved by leaps and bounds, thanks to the long-awaited addition of window liveries, on top of the hundreds of new options to personalise your vehicles.

“What’s Next” UI Page

What’s the point of all this content, especially the vast array of multiplayer modes, when the user interface doesn’t make it easy to discover? Forza Horizon 6 circumvents this with the “What’s Next” page. It’s a handy guide for those confused about the next steps to take on their journey, especially en route to becoming a Horizon Legend.

Make no mistake: Forza Horizon 5 is still one of the best racing games on the market and a remarkable open-world title in its own right. Mexico is a fantastic setting, lovingly brought to life and rendered in gorgeous detail. But with fans craving a new destination that both looks and feels like nothing else, it’s great to see Forza Horizon 6 deliver on that promise and elevate the franchise as a whole to new heights.

“After the incredible launch of Forza Horizon 6 this week, the excitement across the studio is sky-high,” wrote Playground Games. “But we’re not done yet. With Fable coming later this year, we’re continuing to recruit across multiple disciplines to bring more exceptional talent into the team.”

The openings include engineering, design, community, cinematics, and production. Among other roles, the studio is looking for a principal gameplay engineer, a senior UI engineer, a senior producer, a senior game designer, a media lead, and an experienced cinematic artist.

Interestingly, Playground Games has been using talent from other development teams under the Xbox Game Studios banner as well. Just last month, XBOX chief content officer Matt Booty revealed that the studio was assisted by the cinematics team from Blizzard for Fable. He also brought up other examples of cross-studio synergy.

“It is the case that we have got a lot of different kinds of studios, and they’ve all got their own cultures, so we think of it as a culture of cultures,” he explained. “I see a big part of my job is to provide just enough connection and just enough structure across those that they can communicate with each other, they can share things back and forth, but never to the point that we’re coming in over the top trying to change who they are.”

“We’ve got the Blizzard cinematics team helping out on Fable,” Booty continued. “We’ve got our studio in Montreal, Compulsion Games, using the Activision Mo Cap studio. We’ve got the team at Rare with a lot of multiplayer experience working on Sea of Thieves, helping out Double Fine on Kiln, the pottery game.”

Fable is slated for release on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S in Autumn. While there had been reports that the title may have been “internally delayed”, and it could see its release window pushed back to December to avoid Grand Theft Auto 6, the studio later reaffirmed its plans to release the RPG this Fall.

Playground Games had been working on Fable for quite some time, and while the studio had released a CG trailer to showcase the tone it was going for, few details about it had been revealed until the title got a deep dive in January.

The deep dive showcased several of Fable‘s tenets, from its high-fidelity visuals to its unique take on the franchise’s iconic morality system, which will instead focus more on NPC personalities and how they react to players’ actions. Combat in the RPG will seemingly make use of a posture system, rewarding players for knocking enemies off balance. Much like the previous games in the franchise, it offers a mix of combat styles, allowing players to switch in and out of melee combat while bolstering their offensive capabilities with ranged weapons and magic spells.

Speaking on the new take on the morality system, studio founder Ralph Fulton spoke about how discussions surrounding the concept had gotten more sophisticated, which led the studio to look at more sophisticated ways of depicting it in the game. He also noted the fact that Fable will feature “a much more shades of grey approach to morality,” which will revolve around the protagonist getting a reputation due to their actions in the world.

It involves “reviving storied franchises and strengthening the console business”, per an interview with Bloomberg, and we have to say that it sounds like a good way to bring gamers back to the XBOX, especially with Project Helix shaping up to be a strong contender among upcoming next-gen consoles.

It’s a solid approach backed by the small but meaningful changes that the brand is making, the Player Voice feature being among them. It’s made all the more potent by his stated belief that, despite rising component costs, consoles are still “important, durable, and still growing” from a business perspective.

We wonder how he would respond to the claims of Windows Central’s Jez Corden about EA bottlenecking great features like the Game Pass Family Plan. We’re fairly sure that he’d find a suitable middle ground with the best interests of both sides of the equation in mind, although the balance might be in XBOX’s favor, considering what he’s trying to achieve. Whatever the case, we hope Ball manages to achieve his goals for XBOX and bring the brand back to its former glory.

Compare this to Forza Horizon 5, which entered early access on November 5th, 2021, and crossed ten million players on November 19th. Its successor is likely to surpass that total within the same time frame, especially after the extremely positive word-of-mouth from players and critical reviews. The fact that it’s topped the Steam top 100 selling games chart, beating out the cheaper Subnautica 2, probably doesn’t hurt either.

All of this sets up Forza Horizon 6 to sell gangbusters when it launches on PS5 later this year. Neither XBOX nor Playground have indicated when that will be, but you would have to think September or October, if only to avoid conflicting with its other first-party titles. And it’s unlikely to want to compete with Grand Theft Auto 6 in November.

We’ll have to wait and find out. In the meantime, check out our review for Forza Horizon 6, where we gave it a nine out of ten.

Unfortunately, the decision may have ultimately been cancelled due to objections from XBOX’s partners. According to Corden, Electronic Arts was the main culprit here, and that it “hated” the idea of a family plan for Game Pass. The plan itself would have given up to four users the ability to share a Game Pass subscription.

Corden has noted that the decision to cancel the family plan “wasn’t actually Microsoft’s fault.” He went on to say that, since EA’s presence on Game Pass has been the “bare minimum” on PC, and since it doesn’t release many games these days anyway, he wouldn’t mind seeing the company removed from the subscription service if it means getting things like a family plan.

“I was told EA, who is a long-term contractee within the Xbox Game Pass ecosystem, fully hated the idea,” wrote Corden. “It sucks because EA does the absolute bare minimum with its Game Pass involvement, refusing to put Xbox PC native versions with Play Anywhere or Xbox achievements out.”

“If the above is indeed true, I would like to see EA get kicked out of the Xbox Game Pass ecosystem in exchange for a revival of the Xbox Game Pass Family Plan, personally. EA barely releases games anymore anyway. EA shouldn’t be allowed to hold back Xbox customers, given how anemic its contributions have been.”

Interestingly, a family plan for Game Pass is among the top-5 most requested features that XBOX players have been asking for since the launch of the company’s new Player Voice feedback system. Other player requests include exclusive games, a renewed focus on backwards compatibility, fully free online multiplayer, and a separation of Achievements for base games and their DLCs.

A report from last month had indicated that the company is still trying some new things with the service, and is even toying with the idea of introducing a “pick your own plan” system that would give subscribers more options for the games and services they would actually want.

“A sort of ‘pick your own plan’ formula for Xbox Game Pass is on the cards, essentially, where users can effectively decide what packages of content they want to see as part of their plan,” wrote Corden last month. “Microsoft has leaked ‘Duet’ and ‘Triton’ codenames for Xbox Game Pass via its back-end APIs recently, suggesting that packages of services are in the plan’s future. Don’t want Xbox Cloud Gaming? Remove it and lower the price. No need for Fortnite Crew? Ditch it and add day one Xbox games. Perhaps you can roll in World of Warcraft or Minecraft Realms subscriptions instead, or even other benefits like Netflix, per rumors, or the long-awaited Xbox Game Pass Family Plan.”

Following up Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is Capcom’s Pragmata at the number 2 spot. Third place is taken up by Crimson Desert, followed by MLB: The Show 26 in fourth place. Rounding up the top 5 is the indie pirate-themed survival crafting game Windrose. The only other new releases in the top 10 listing are Saros at ninth place, and the PS5 release of Bethesda’s sci-fi RPG Starfield.

When it comes to the entire year so far, the period from January 4th to May 2nd has seen Resident Evil Requiem taking up the top spot in terms of sales in the US. Interestingly, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream was the only recent release to make its way into the rankings at ninth place. The rest of the list is taken up by titles you’d expect, like Crimson Desert in second place, MLB The Show 26 in third place, Pokémon Pokopia in fourth place, and WWE 2K26 in fifth place.

April saw hardware sales rise, with spending going up by 34 percent year-on-year. Interestingly, much of this spending is attributed to the Nintendo Switch 2, since the original Switch, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5 have all seen year-on-year spending declines of 69 percent, 43 percent, and 30 percent, respectively.

This has made the Nintendo Switch 2 the best-selling hardware platform in terms of both number of units sold, as well as dollars of revenue generated for both the month of April itself, as well as the entire year so far. The PS5 is in second place.

Interestingly, when taking US lifetime sales into account, the PS5 is tracking 2 percent ahead of the PS4 in the same 66-month time frame. Similarly, the Nintendo Switch 2 has already taken a lead over the original Switch in the pace of its hardware sales, overtaking the 2017 console by 11 percent for the same 11-month period since their respective launches.

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream topping sales charts shouldn’t really come as a surprise since the title has been a hit across social media platforms thanks to its absurdist comedy and emphasis on player freedom. The title was released on the Nintendo Switch on April 16th, and since then, has seen quite a bit of critical and commercial acclaim. Leading up to its release, Nintendo had also released a free demo for it, giving players a taste of its core gameplay that largely revolves around managing a quiet island town and its crazy denizens.

The other new title to have topped the charts this month—Pragmata—was released on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch 2 on April 17th, and since then, has been praised for its unique combat gameplay that melds shooting, dodging, and puzzle solving.

April 2026 U.S. Projected Top 10 Best-Selling Games Ranked on Physical & Full Game Digital Dollar Sales (Excludes Mobile and Digital Add-On Content)

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T13:00:19.106Z

YTD 2026 U.S. Projected Top 10 Best-Selling Games Ranked on Physical & Full Game Digital Dollar Sales (Excludes Mobile and Digital Add-On Content)

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T13:00:19.107Z

Hardware – April hardware spending increased by 34% when compared to a year ago, to $261M. Spending on Nintendo Switch 2 hardware offset declines seen across Switch (-69% versus April 2025), Xbox Series (-43%) and PlayStation 5 (-30%).

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T13:00:19.108Z