Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Open Beta Available Now, Free For Windows 10 Users

[Steve_OS]

As announced last week, the Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Open Beta, is available now, weighing in at just under 19 GB. Windows 10 users can download it for free, right here. Race a few laps and let us know what you think!

"Forza Motorsport 6: Apex” brings the award-winning Forza franchise to Windows 10. Built for Windows 10 PCs with DirectX 12, and powered by the state-of-the-art ForzaTech™ graphics and physics engine, this free Forza experience features all new race modes designed to showcase the thrill of “Forza Motorsport 6” in breathtaking graphics at up to 4K resolution.

In case you missed them, we have posted the system requirements below.

• Experience the world of Forza on Windows 10 PCs for free, with many of the best racing experiences that “Forza Motorsport 6” has to offer, as well as Forza’s trademark innovations such as Drivatar™ opponents and Forzavista™ cars – each with working cockpits and full damage.
• Discover new ways to play and compete, including an all-new Showcase Tour, Spotlight Series, in-race bonus objectives and an all-new scoring mechanic.
• Race a diverse selection of more than 60 Forzavista™ cars curated from fan favorites, reflecting a variety of automotive interests, including hot hatch, muscle, touring, exotics, GT racing, track toys, prototypes and hypercars.
• Compete on six tracks based on world-famous tracks, featuring immersive wet-weather and night racing conditions.
• Face unrelenting action at simulation speed with, DirectX 12, the new standard for 3D graphics that enables players to experience gains in performance and overall optimization.
• Unlock the full capabilities of your PC with full HD and breathtaking graphics at up to 4K resolution, powered by ForzaTech™, Turn 10 Studios’ proprietary, state-of-the-art graphics and physics engine, and developed with DirectX 12.
• Delight in the stunning realism and precise detail of every car as the result of the ForzaTech™ engine, bringing the unique aspects that give each car its own unique feel to life.

[badazzleroybrown]

awesome news can not wait to check it out

[Buddywalker]

Very cool move from Microsoft. I love that game.
And I want more of the Forza World on PC.

[Vermin]

The Windows store will not permit me to even download it. Not sure if it's a regional thing (Canada), or whether it is detecting that my system can't handle it.

[Izzy Snow]

The irony of this game, a beta, being more optimized than full releases of both Gears of War UE and Quantum Break pretty much sums up the shaky launch of UWP.

[pietasterp]

Re: Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Open Beta Available Now, Free For Windows 10 Users

I am reminded, every time I'm tempted to get back into it, why I migrated to consoles over time and away from PC's. I realize this is a beta, but even with other recent retail purchases, nothing ever "just works". I'm getting lazier as I get older....

I updated my GPU drivers, tweaked some setting, a few reboots later....and I'm able to run the game okay, but it crashes randomly. Also, my 3rd party game pad doesn't work and the game is pretty much no fun at all using "w", "a", "s", and "d" to drive your car...

Glad they're trying to unify, but honestly, the "put it in your machine and start playing" simplicity of consoles will never be replaced for me.

[mattsb84]

Re: Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Open Beta Available Now, Free For Windows 10 Users

Downloaded and played this a little bit this weekend. I've only played Forza on 360, but this certainly felt identical to that. Graphics were amazing. I didn't experience any setup issues or instability while playing. Everything worked as expected. It really felt polished for a beta (so far). I am a little disappointed that this is basically Forza Lite, but it is free. More over, I don't think MS is actually planning to bring Forza as we know it to the PC. There was a good interview in PCG about it and the devs seem to think PC gamers want something different. I disagree, I'd be happy with a moddable Forza port.

System I was using;
core i7 6700k
gtx 970
16gbs ddr4
win10 pro 64bit
xbox 360 wireless controller

[sbauer318]

Re: Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Open Beta Available Now, Free For Windows 10 Users

Downloaded and played this a little bit this weekend. I've only played Forza on 360, but this certainly felt identical to that. Graphics were amazing. I didn't experience any setup issues or instability while playing. Everything worked as expected. It really felt polished for a beta (so far). I am a little disappointed that this is basically Forza Lite, but it is free. More over, I don't think MS is actually planning to bring Forza as we know it to the PC. There was a good interview in PCG about it and the devs seem to think PC gamers want something different. I disagree, I'd be happy with a moddable Forza port.



System I was using;

core i7 6700k

gtx 970

16gbs ddr4

win10 pro 64bit

xbox 360 wireless controller

They've said that future forza titles will also be on pc.

This game is actually a pretty solid port. I'm honestly surprised considering every other UWP game has been a mess.