I’m obsessed with Forza Horizon 6, and I’ve barely even raced

For the last week, I’ve spent every evening unwinding by speeding through the Japanese countryside, blaring Babymetal as I take in the sights. Forza Horizon 6 is ostensibly a racing game, one in which you play an up-and-coming driver intent on making a name for themselves. But, like the rest of the series, it’s also an open world, one in which you can spend as much — or, in my case, substantially more — time exploring as you do racing. And it’s that element that’s substantially improved in Horizon 6. It’s a combination of structure and setting: The fictional take on Japan isn’t just the largest map in a Horizon game, but it’s also incredibly diverse, and the game lets you approach it however you like. Horizon 6spans from the glowing streets of Tokyo to icy roads at the base of Mount Fuji, and I’m not going to...

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