Xbox Game Studios and Playground Games’ latest racing game, Forza Horizon 6, is now available for PC, and we’ve put together the best settings for getting optimized performance on mid-end system specs and the Steam Deck.
Before we delve into the best settings for the PC version of Forza Horizon 6, make sure you’ve updated your GPU drivers and Windows to their latest respective versions. Additionally, disable or close any unnecessary background applications in order to reduce the CPU overhead as much as possible. The settings detailed ahead should provide a more optimized balance between graphics and frame rate compared to the presets available in-game.
Forza Horizon 6 Best Settings
The settings below are there to serve as a broad starting point for further optimization based on your specific hardware specs. As a result, you may need to further tweak some settings until you find a sweet spot based on your display’s refresh rate and the overall performance you seek.
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- Resolution: as per the max resolution of your display or preference
- Frame Rate: as per the max refresh rate of your display or preference
- Vertical Synchronization: Off on a VRR/G-Sync supported display, else On
- Full Screen: On
- Motion Blur: Short
- Upscaling Method: NVIDIA DLSS on supported GPUs, AMD FSR otherwise
- Upscaling Quality: Performance
GRAPHICS & PERFORMANCE
- Car Level of Detail: Ultra
- Environment Texture Quality: High
- Environment Geometry Quality: High
- Car Reflection Quality: High
- Screen Space Reflections Quality: Off
- Raytraced Reflections Quality: Low
- Shadow Quality: Medium
- Night Shadows: Off
- Night Shadows: Off
- Screen Space GI Quality: Off
- Raytraced GI Quality: Low
- Shader Quality: High
- Audio Quality: Ultra
- Deformable Terrain Quality: High
- Particle Effects Quality: Medium
- Volumetric Fog Quality: High
- Lens Effects: High
- Motion Blur Quality: High
How Does Forza Horizon 6 Run On Steam Deck?
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- Resolution: 1280 x 800
- Frame Rate: 60 FPS
- Vertical Synchronization: Off
- Full Screen: On
- Motion Blur: Short
- Upscaling Method: AMD FSR
- Upscaling Quality: Quality
GRAPHICS & PERFORMANCE
- Car Level of Detail: Low
- Environment Texture Quality: Low
- Environment Geometry Quality: Low
- Car Reflection Quality: Low
- Screen Space Reflections Quality: Off
- Raytraced Reflections Quality:Off
- Shadow Quality: Low
- Night Shadows: Off
- Night Shadows: Off
- Screen Space GI Quality: Off
- Raytraced GI Quality:Off
- Shader Quality: Medium
- Audio Quality: Ultra
- Deformable Terrain Quality: Off
- Particle Effects Quality: Low
- Volumetric Fog Quality: Low
- Lens Effects: Low
- Motion Blur Quality: Low
As seen in the above video, Forza Horizon 6’s frame rate tends to stay above 45 fps on the Steam Deck using mostly the lowest possible graphical settings, often hovering between the mid 40s and mid 60s. As such, we consider the game playable on Valve’s handheld device.
