Forza Horizon 6 Optimization Guide: Best Settings for PC Gamers

[Scorpus]

Forza Horizon 6 looks stunning on PC, but some settings deliver huge FPS gains with little visual loss. We benchmark every major option to find the best optimized settings for every GPU tier.

Read the full article here.

Forza Horizon 6 Optimization Guide: Best Settings for PC Gamers

 

[Rapob]

Not a fan of Microsoft games. Seems to be DLC spam. Forza 6 already have 120 dollar version plus multiple DLCs? Is the standard game even enjoyable, the 70 dollar version?

Same with Flight Simulator 2020/2024 and Forza 5 - They all have insane amounts of DLC.

 

[NumberNine]

Considered purchasing, then saw it requires the entire pipeline of Windows Xbox garbage to be installed and logged in with a Microsoft account just to drive a virtual car around. No Steam integration. Previous titles were the same but I hold myself to a higher standard these days.

 

[Rapob]

Considered purchasing, then saw it requires the entire pipeline of Windows Xbox garbage to be installed and logged in with a Microsoft account just to drive a virtual car around. No Steam integration. Previous titles were the same but I hold myself to a higher standard these days.

Steam version supports Account Linking, says on product page

 

[Lounds]

Very detailed article Tim. Thanks

 

[NumberNine]

Steam version supports Account Linking, says on product page

Requires, not supports. Huge difference. You need both because the online play is not integrated with Steam's services.

 

[amstech]

5070Ti making the competition look silly.
Its the best all around GPU on the market and I'm loving mine.

 

[mdenigma]

Not a fan of Microsoft games.

I created a seperate Account for Microsoft Gaming. After 24h the account was locked and created 5 tickets in the mean time to get it back. Was not able to - the account-support is awful. Imho: Microsoft stole my game and gets away with it.
On the bright side: I'm a consultant and already managed to give a competitor a heads-up and they lost a big opportunity. An eye for an eye.

 

[Rapob]

5070Ti making the competition look silly.
Its the best all around GPU on the market and I'm loving mine.

For the money, I'd say 9070 XT fares much better.

I would only pick 5070 Ti over 9070 XT if it was only slightly more expensive. 9070 XT is much better value right now. 5070 Ti is pretty much EOL anyway. Nvidia rather wants to sell 5070 and 5080 due to RAM prices.

Entire RTX 5000 series is kinda disappointing. Worst generation in decades.
My RTX 4090 from 4 years ago beats 5080 with ease and has 8GB more VRAM. 16GB only on the 5080 was a mistake. Should have had 20-24GB VRAM. Or Nvidia should have made a 5080 Ti.

5090 is the only upgrade that would make any sense for me, yet I won't accept the watt usage and price. Gains are too small. The jump in perf is not worth it, I want at least 50% better raster perf before I upgrade. Hopefully happens with RTX 6080 or AMD UDNA. True next gen stuff. Neither RTX 5000 or Radeon 9000 was true next gen stuff, just more of the same.

Both RTX 5000 and Radeon 9000 was disappointing for the most part. Hoping for 2-3nm TSMC and a true leap next time. 5000 series used the exact same fabrication process as 4000 series. Hence why you did not see much progress. Almost same core count gen 2 gen, same clockspeeds or close (OC ceiling is pretty much the same), same everything really. Only 5090 delivered actual improvements and better perf than 4000 series had.

4080 to 5080 is the worst jump in performance we have ever seen from Nvidia. 5-10% or so. 5070 Ti is generally slower than 4080, the non-Super. 5070 Ti has like 10% less cores than the non-Super 4080.

Also, RTX 5000 introduced RAM OC limit. Not present on 4000 series. A fully clocked and tweaked 4080 with both UV/OC on GPU and max OC on RAM, will pull even more ahead of a 5070 Ti.

5070 Ti is barely faster than 4070 Ti / 4070 Ti Super series in actual gameplay. Most people would not notice any difference between the cards in actual gameplay. Again, 5-10% or so.

So yeah, 4000 to 5000 series is the biggest joke from Nvidia in a long time. Feels more like a refresh than a new generation.

5000 SUPER was supposed to bring what people really wanted, more VRAM. This is what 5000 series should have been from day one. Yet it was cancelled.

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Newest drivers for all cards used here. Supports what I’m saying. 4000 and 5000 series neck and neck. Only 5090 pulls ahead.

Looking at performance per watt, 5090 brought nothing over 4090. 4090 generally fares better when it comes to efficiency. My 4090 uses around 300-350 watts with UV/OC, yet performs 5-10% better than stock but uses 75-100 watts less.

 

[amstech]

For the money, I'd say 9070 XT fares much better.

I would only pick 5070 Ti over 9070 XT if it was only slightly more expensive. 9070 XT is much better value right now. 5070 Ti is pretty much EOL anyway. Nvidia rather wants to sell 5070 and 5080 due to RAM prices.

Entire RTX 5000 series is kinda disappointing.

So yeah, 4000 to 5000 series is the biggest joke from Nvidia in a long time.

Radeons are junk, no one buys them. They have less then like 15% market share and make up less then 15% of Steam users. The people complaining about the 5000 series because it isn't a massive leap over the 4000 series in raw performance sound like spoiled brats. Expecting massive leaps every generation is the expectation of the spoiled liberal brat. When inflation went up 20% from 20-24 be happy Nvidia released any GPUS at all. In many cases the 5070Ti is giving you 5080 performance even without overclocking. The new upscaling features give better, smoother frames and ray tracing performance. Nvidia software, features and drivers are far superior and everyone knows it, which is why Nvidia GPUS make up 85% of steam users.
In newer games like Forza 6, the 5070Ti is matching the 5080. Saying its a dead GPU is biased whimpering, they are still for sale everywhere, especially newegg.
But if your a brokie who doesn't have money, you can cheap out and buy a not as smooth, not as feature rich, shuttering, frame skipping bang for the buck Radeon.

 

[Steve]

Radeons are junk, no one buys them. They have less then like 15% market share and make up less then 15% of Steam users. The people complaining about the 5000 series because it isn't a massive leap over the 4000 series in raw performance sound like spoiled brats. Expecting massive leaps every generation is the expectation of the spoiled liberal brat. When inflation went up 20% from 20-24 be happy Nvidia released any GPUS at all. In many cases the 5070Ti is giving you 5080 performance even without overclocking. The new upscaling features give better, smoother frames and ray tracing performance. Nvidia software, features and drivers are far superior and everyone knows it, which is why Nvidia GPUS make up 85% of steam users.
In newer games like Forza 6, the 5070Ti is matching the 5080. Saying its a dead GPU is biased whimpering, they are still for sale everywhere, especially newegg.
But if your a brokie who doesn't have money, you can cheap out and buy a not as smooth, not as feature rich, shuttering, frame skipping bang for the buck Radeon.

You sound like someone who would look up to Andrew Tate.

 

[Rapob]

Radeons are junk, no one buys them. They have less then like 15% market share and make up less then 15% of Steam users. The people complaining about the 5000 series because it isn't a massive leap over the 4000 series in raw performance sound like spoiled brats. Expecting massive leaps every generation is the expectation of the spoiled liberal brat. When inflation went up 20% from 20-24 be happy Nvidia released any GPUS at all. In many cases the 5070Ti is giving you 5080 performance even without overclocking. The new upscaling features give better, smoother frames and ray tracing performance. Nvidia software, features and drivers are far superior and everyone knows it, which is why Nvidia GPUS make up 85% of steam users.
In newer games like Forza 6, the 5070Ti is matching the 5080. Saying its a dead GPU is biased whimpering, they are still for sale everywhere, especially newegg.
But if your a brokie who doesn't have money, you can cheap out and buy a not as smooth, not as feature rich, shuttering, frame skipping bang for the buck Radeon.

No-one buys AMD GPUs?

Strange AMD is close to 20% marketshare on Steam then:

Steam Hardware & Software Survey

Mindfactory Reports AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Still Tops Sales Charts but GPU Sales Plummet

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https://www.reddit.com/r/radeon/comments/1m1ckoj/no_ones_buying_nvidia_gpus_anymore_mindfactory

5070 Ti is not giving you 5080 performance haha, it is called 5080 for a reason, you pay for MORE CORES and FASTER MEMORY. Even a fully clocked 5070 Ti will loose to a stock 5080 in pretty much all cases.

8960 vs 10752 CORES + 5080 has 30-32 Gbps memory.

Nvidia had huge problems with drivers in the last 1-2 years, that picture you try to paint, is not true anymore. Nvidia had major fckups with 5000 series especially, feel free to search (tons of crashes, black screen issues etc) - AMD drivers are just as good these days, how do I know? Because I tried a bunch of AMD GPUs lately. Even tho my main driver is a RTX 4090, a card that beats even 5080 with ease.

5070 Ti is not matching 5080 in Forza 6. Stop lying to yourself. No need to spread misinformation. Lets look at actual proof:

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5070 Ti is 10-15% slower depending on settings/res.

 

[amstech]

No-one buys AMD GPUs?


5070 Ti is 10-15% slower depending on settings/res.

Yes, no one buys them.
15-20% is pitiful.
And the 5070Ti is faster then the 9070XT over 52 games, but its much smoother, with better features and software/drivers. And yes the 5070Ti pretty much matches the 5080 in Forza 6.

 

[amstech]

You sound like someone who would look up to Andrew Tate.

You sound like someone who votes for people that let grown men follow little girls into bathrooms.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

You sound like someone who votes for people that let grown men follow little girls into bathrooms.

Isn't that also Andrew Tate? Or was he only trafficking and raping teen girls who aren't considered little anymore?

 

[Bluescreendeath]

Yes, no one buys them.
15-20% is pitiful.
And the 5070Ti is faster then the 9070XT over 52 games, but its much smoother, with better features and software/drivers. And yes the 5070Ti pretty much matches the 5080 in Forza 6.

Techspot did a more detailed review of Forza a week ago. The 5080 gets 9 fps average more and 6 fps minimum/1% low more than the 5070 Ti. The 5070 Ti gets 8 fps average more and 7 fps minimum/1% lows more than the 9070XT. This is the difference at 1080p and is the largest difference between the 5070 Ti and 9070XT (the difference shrinks at higher resolutions).

So if the 5070 Ti pretty much matches the 5080 despite a 9/6 fps difference, then the 9070 XT pretty much matches the 5080 too because it has a 8/7 fps difference...and that means the 9070 XT would pretty much match the 5080 according to this logic. lol

Techspot link:
https://www.techspot.com/article/3128-forza-horizon-6-benchmark/

 

[Rapob]

Yes, no one buys them.
15-20% is pitiful.
And the 5070Ti is faster then the 9070XT over 52 games, but its much smoother, with better features and software/drivers. And yes the 5070Ti pretty much matches the 5080 in Forza 6.

Haha, you are clueless. Reality calls.

9070 XT matches and beats 5070 Ti in many games, 9070 XT even beats 5080 in some games.

5070 Ti never matches 5080 due to having alot less cores and slower memory, hence why its called 5070 Ti, stop being stupid please, 5070 Ti is a cutdown 5080, you will never get 5080 performance from it. 5080 uses the full die with 10752 cores unlocked and faster memory on top

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I see... 5080 beats 5070 Ti easily

9070 XT performs similar and even beats the 5070 Ti in 4K/UHD

 

[amstech]

Haha, you are clueless. Reality calls.

Cope harder.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

5070Ti pretty much matches the 5080 in Forza 6.

The difference between the 9070XT and the 5070 Ti in Forza at 1080p is less than the difference between the 5070 Ti and the 5080.

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