Forza Horizon 6 is now out for those who own the Premium Edition (PC launch coming in a few hours), and we can tweak the graphics to get the best possible results. Getting lag and stutters during a race can be extremely deflating, and they can also adversely affect your performance.
Let’s find out what the best set of settings is for your PC.
Disclaimer: This guide is mostly meant for those who have relatively lower-end PCs who might struggle to run the game smoothly without the tweaks.
Best Forza Horizon 6 graphics settings
Before we dive deep into the settings, here’s my current setup.
- AMD Ryzen 5600G
- NVIDIA RTX 3060 12 GB
- 16 GB of DDR5 RAM
With that out of the way, let’s look at the settings I am currently using. First, we explore the Video settings.
- Resolution: 1920×1080 (personal preference)
- Frame Rate: 36/48 (Go for 72 if your PC can handle it. I have encountered occasional stutters)
- VSync: Off
- Full Screen: On
- Motion Blur: Off
- UI Scale: 100
- Anti-Aliasing: All options turned off.
- NVIDIA DLSS (if applicable): Auto
- Sharpness: 0.3
I have disabled Anti-Aliasing as I prefer using DLSS. You need to use one to get consistent performances.
Let’s now look at the best Graphics and Performance settings to use.
- Car Level Detail: Low (I use Cockpit View anyway)
- Environment Texture Quality: Low
- Environment Geometry Quality: Low
- Car Reflection Quality: Medium
- Screen Space Reflections Quality: Low
- Raytraced Reflections Quality: Off (Ray Tracing is apparently an optimization issue even on higher-end devices)
- Shadow Quality: Low
- Nigh Shadows: Off
- Scree Space GI Quality: Off
- Raytraced GI Quality: Off
- Shader Quality: Medium
- Audio Quality: Very Low (This is related to the CPU and not the GPU)
- Deformable Terrain Quality: Off
- Particle Effects Quality: Very Low
- Volumetric Fog Quality: Off
- Lens Effects: Medium
- Motion Blur Quality: Low
Forza Horizon 6, for large parts, is pretty well-optimized. However, the minute stutters can be slightly problematic if you’re driving in a race. I am hopeful that a few post-launch patches will sort out the problems. But for the rest, you can use the settings mentioned above to get decent results.
