Forza Horizon 6 map reveals real-world circuits and Initial D touge routes

The infamous seven contiguous hairpins of the Hakone Nanamagari route, said to be the origin point of the drifting subculture and also featured in Initial D, can be spotted in the map’s southwestern corner.

Fans of Japanese circuit racing aren’t left out either. A small track nestled just to the south of a large empty region of the map (probably the Estate, an area where players will be able to create their own road layouts and even build a town) resembles the shorter version of Tsukuba Circuit, a mainstay of the Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo series.

Meanwhile, in the north of the map, there’s a track with a long straight, a high-speed curve, and a tighter infield section that looks a bit like the classic Gran Turismo course High Speed Ring — itself based on the superfast 1980s layout of the Fuji International Speedway.

These racetracks will potentially work with a new feature for Forza Horizon 6: time trial circuits where players can lap and set times during open-world free-roam, without jumping into an event.

Check out the full Forza Horizon 6 map below. The game launches on May 19 for Windows PC and Xbox Series X, with a PlayStation 5 version to follow later.

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