Forza Horizon 6's Japan map is mondo-huge, Playground's 'biggest map yet' and also its 'most full'

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Based on reports from our sources, PC Gamer can confirm that Japan is large. Not only large—huge, and stacked from top to bottom with stuff to do. At press time, Tokyo was reportedly at least twice as big as Milton Keynes and the island of Hokkaido was said to 'make the Isle of Wight look like a hatchback'.

Which is why Forza Horizon 6 is headed to the land of the rising sun. In a chat with GamesRadar, the arcade racing sim's art director Don Arceta said that the series' Japanese venture would be "our biggest map yet." But fear not, because it's "also our most full."

Smashing through cacti in Forza — Forza Horizon 5's world was already pretty massive. (Image credit: Microsoft)

Unsurprisingly, Tokyo—currently the largest city on Earth—is a big part of that scale: "I think [Tokyo] is probably our most ambitious," said Arceta. "It's really layered and complex. And I think players will just enjoy that space. It'll be something new and fresh."

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