{"id":1472321,"date":"2026-01-23T16:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f2dWC9d4yTeyVtzGeupYDN"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:22:09","slug":"forza-horizon-6-finally-returns-to-the-wristband-career-mode-the-series-has-drifted-so-far-away-from-youll-start-out-as-just-a-tourist-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/forza-horizon-6-finally-returns-to-the-wristband-career-mode-the-series-has-drifted-so-far-away-from-youll-start-out-as-just-a-tourist-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Forza Horizon 6 finally returns to the wristband career mode the series has drifted so far away from: ‘You’ll start out as just a tourist in Japan’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s hard not to make driving supercars through city streets or rugged off-road jeeps down muddy mountains fun, so it’s basically a given that every Forza Horizon game will at least be a good time. But, reaching an ugly peak in Forza Horizon 5, there’s been a frustrating trend to carve away at that feeling of career progression in favour of more freedom.<\/p>\n

You could immediately take part in almost any event and get a supercar in minutes in FH5. In fact, you could easily have a whole garage of supercars in no time\u2014for free\u2014thanks to the Wheelspin system. Not exactly what I’d call a career mode, and it quickly diminished any satisfaction from performing well to earn money and save up for your first fancy ride.<\/p>\n

This leads me to the one line from Xbox’s recent Developer Direct<\/a>, which finally opened the hood on Forza Horizon 6<\/a>, that instantly brought me on board: Torben Ellert, design director of FH6, said, “You’ll start out as just a tourist in Japan.”<\/p>\n

Ellert explains that “your first goal is to join the Horizon Festival by completing the Horizon qualifiers. After that, you’ll rise through the ranks, unlocking wristbands as you complete races in faster, more exciting cars.”<\/p>\n

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