Forza Horizon 6 has enjoyed a hugely successful launch, attracting hundreds of thousands of players eager to explore Playground Games’ long-awaited Japan-inspired open world. However, the game’s first weeks haven’t been without problems, with several major bugs affecting player progress and online play.
Thankfully, Playground Games has spent the last several updates tackling the biggest issues, including the dreaded save-data corruption bug that left some players losing hours—or even entire campaigns—of progress.
Save Data Corruption Was One of the Biggest Launch Problems
Around a week after launch, reports began surfacing from players who discovered their campaign progress had disappeared after loading the game. For some, only recent progress was lost, while others saw their entire save file wiped.
Playground Games quickly acknowledged the issue, shared temporary workarounds, and released an initial hotfix designed to reduce how often the corruption occurred. While that update helped, it didn’t completely eliminate the problem.
A newer Xbox Series X|S system update now reportedly addresses several of the known save-data loss scenarios. Although Microsoft and Playground Games haven’t explained exactly what changed behind the scenes, players should now be significantly less likely to experience full save corruption.
If a problem does still occur, Forza Horizon 6 will now offer the option to restore the latest cloud save the next time the game launches. Instead of losing an entire campaign, affected players should now only lose progress from their most recent play session.
The official console patch notes simply mention general stability and performance improvements, leaving the technical details undisclosed.
Drivatar AI Also Received Changes
Save corruption wasn’t the only issue frustrating players.
The game’s Drivatar AI quickly became infamous for behaving far more aggressively than intended. One particular AI driver even became a community meme after repeatedly dominating races in seemingly impossible ways.
Following player feedback, Playground Games released balance changes aimed at making Drivatar opponents behave more fairly and produce more consistent race results.
Eliminator Exploit Temporarily Broke the Economy
Another significant issue appeared in The Eliminator, where an exploit allowed some players to generate billions of in-game credits.
The exploit quickly affected the in-game economy and Auction House, prompting Playground Games to temporarily disable the mode while a fix was developed.
Once the exploit had been patched and Eliminator returned online, every player received a free 2021 McLaren Sabre as a goodwill reward for the disruption.
A Strong Launch Despite Early Problems
Despite its rocky launch period, Forza Horizon 6 continues to attract a massive player base, with Steam early access peaking at nearly 200,000 concurrent players as fans rushed to experience Playground Games’ new Japan setting.
Most of the game’s largest launch issues—including save-data corruption, overpowered Drivatar AI, and the Eliminator economy exploit—have now been addressed through a combination of game patches and Xbox console updates.
While Playground Games hasn’t revealed the exact technical details behind many of these fixes, the overall experience appears considerably more stable than it was during launch week.
