The best part of Forza Horizon 6 is how easily a quick drive turns into a plan for the whole night. You pick a car, find a road and suddenly there's another race to enter or an upgrade you want to earn. A good alternative should give you that same urge to get back behind the wheel.

These 15 games like Forza Horizon 6 on PC focus on open roads, enjoyable racing and a garage worth growing. Forza Horizon 5 and 4 keep the familiar festival experience in different settings. The Crew: Motorfest offers another take on car culture, while Need for Speed: Heat adds police pursuits and a reason to think twice about staying out after dark.

Where are we driving next?

  • For the closest match Start with Forza Horizon 5 and take your racing holiday to Mexico.
  • For another festival Try The Crew: Motorfest and sample its themed car-culture Playlists.
  • For arcade chaos Pick Burnout Paradise Remastered and see which shortcut survives a full-speed approach.

The later picks have narrower attractions, from Japanese drifting to chase missions. Choose the part of Horizon you want more of, whether that's earning cars, tuning a favorite or finding a new road to race.

1. Forza Horizon 5

Take the festival to Mexico
November 9, 2021
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4.7
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Single player
Multiplayer
Co-op

Mexico makes Forza Horizon 5 an easy place to start after Japan. The handling, car classes and festival events will feel familiar, while deserts, jungle roads and a huge volcano give your garage a different landscape to explore. You can spend a session chasing race wins or simply picking a car that suits the next road.

EventLab is another reason to stay. Custom races and challenges give you more to try once you've learned the routes that first caught your eye.

2. The Crew: Motorfest

Find your next festival
September 14, 2023
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3.85
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Single player
Multiplayer
Co-op

The themed Playlists in The Crew: Motorfest make it a strong choice if you like Horizon's mix of events and car culture. One run might focus on American muscle, while another sends you toward drifting or off-road driving. Hawaii gives the collection a bright, varied backdrop, and the handling suits picking up a controller and joining in.

The Playlists also put you in supplied vehicles. You can try a different kind of machine before deciding what you want in your own garage.

3. Need for Speed: Heat

Earn by day risk by night
November 8, 2019
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3.45
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Single player
Multiplayer
Co-op

A new upgrade gives you a reason to head out again in Need for Speed: Heat. Daytime races bring in money, while night events build your reputation and attract increasingly persistent police. It's a good switch for Horizon players who enjoy improving a favorite car, with a stronger sense of risk around the next event.

The garage matters after a long night. Get back safely and you bank the reputation you've earned, with the lights of Palm City still behind you.

4. Forza Horizon 4

Let Britain change with the season
October 2, 2018
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4.5
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Single player
Multiplayer
Co-op
Battle Royale

Britain gives Forza Horizon 4 a different rhythm of country lanes, villages and festival events. It's a close match for the familiar car collecting and adjustable driving of Horizon 6, with seasons adding another reason to revisit a route. Official storefront sales ended in December 2024, while existing owners can still play.

Winter makes the change especially clear. Water that stood in your way can freeze over, opening a stretch of the map you couldn't drive across in summer.

5. Burnout Paradise Remastered

Boost through a better shortcut
March 16, 2018
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4.15
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Single player
Multiplayer
Co-op

A race in Burnout Paradise Remastered gives you a destination and leaves you to find a fast way there. Learning Paradise City's turns, jumps and shortcuts becomes part of getting better, with boost and crashes keeping the action firmly arcade. It's a great fit when Horizon's freedom appeals more than carefully managing a car setup.

Look for a smashed fence or a ramp at the edge of the road. The route that wins the event might run through a place you discovered by accident.

6. Need for Speed: Unbound

Build toward the big qualifier
November 29, 2022
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3.85
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Single player
Multiplayer

The campaign calendar gives your garage work a purpose in Need for Speed: Unbound. Enter races, improve a car and prepare for weekly qualifiers on the way to The Grand. It suits Horizon players who like a clear progression goal, with police pressure and Lakeshore's street scene giving each outing more attitude.

The driving effects make a burst of speed impossible to miss. Color flares around the car as you release nitrous and try to turn a good corner into a lead.

7. Tokyo Xtreme Racer

Challenge the next set of headlights
September 25, 2025
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4.15
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Single player

The expressways in Tokyo Xtreme Racer give car collecting a more personal target. Cruise until you spot a rival, start a battle and put your latest upgrades to work. A controller is the recommended way to play, while the narrower roads give this a different focus from Horizon's wide cross-country events.

Winning means draining the other driver's Spirit Points. Pulling ahead matters more than reaching a fixed finish line, so the next bend can change the whole encounter.

8. The Crew 2

Take a longer racing road trip
June 29, 2018
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3.1
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Single player
Multiplayer
Co-op

A condensed United States gives The Crew 2 room for long drives between very different events. Cars share the spotlight with bikes, boats and planes, so it suits Horizon players who enjoy switching disciplines and building a broad vehicle collection. The official Hybrid Mode also lets you choose offline solo play.

Changing vehicles can turn a familiar view into another route. Leave the road for the water or take to the air and see the stretch you just crossed from a different angle.

9. Need for Speed: Payback

Give every car a job
November 10, 2017
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2.7
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Single player
Multiplayer

Race, Drift, Off-Road, Drag and Runner classes give Need for Speed: Payback several reasons to keep adding to the garage. The story moves through Fortune Valley with three playable characters, so there's usually another mission waiting when you want direction. It's a useful match for Horizon's event variety with a more scripted action-movie feel.

Derelict cars make exploring worthwhile. Find the scattered parts and a neglected shell can become a build you take back out into the desert.

10. Wreckreation

Build the race you imagined
October 28, 2025
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3
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Single player
Multiplayer
Co-op

Creating a route can be as appealing as winning one in Wreckreation. Explore the map, unlock cars and use the building tools to add ramps or obstacles where a road needs something more ridiculous. The arcade handling and creative freedom suit Horizon's EventLab audience, though the game's overall Steam reception remains Mixed.

A piece of ordinary road can become your own stunt course. Add a jump and the next trip through that corner has a completely different finish.

11. Need for Speed

Spend the night in Ventura Bay
November 3, 2015
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3.1
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Single player
Multiplayer

The 2015 reboot, Need for Speed, is for the driver who enjoys working on one favorite car as much as winning another. Ventura Bay keeps the focus on nighttime streets, visual customization and building a reputation across different kinds of activity. Adjusting the car toward grip or drift gives the tuning a clear purpose.

The setting makes a simple garage exit look good. Head back onto the wet streets and your chosen paint, lights and bodywork suddenly become the center of the scene.

12. Crash Time: Undercover

Turn the road into a chase
July 25, 2024
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N/A
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Single player
Multiplayer

Police work gives Crash Time: Undercover a different excuse to put you in a fast car. Drive through open environments, pursue targets and use vehicle gadgets during action missions. It's an older arcade game with a stronger chase focus, best suited to Horizon players who want something explosive to do between stretches of road.

The equipment changes an escape route. A spike strip or an EMP can stop a pursuit from becoming just another test of who has the faster engine.

13. JDM: Japanese Drift Master

Drift through Japan in Arcade mode
May 21, 2025
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3.95
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Single player

If the roads of Japan are what you want more of, JDM: Japanese Drift Master gives you towns, mountain passes and cars to personalize. Start with its gamepad-focused Arcade mode for a more forgiving introduction to drifting. The campaign is narrower than Horizon's festival, with events built around learning how to carry a slide through the next bend.

Manga pages tell the story between drives. A rival you meet in a hand-drawn panel becomes the next reason to take your tuned car onto the mountain.

14. Need for Speed: Rivals

Pick a side on the road
November 15, 2013
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4
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Single player
Multiplayer

Redview County makes Need for Speed: Rivals a lively choice for a solo cops-and-racers campaign. Choose a side, work through its challenges and use pursuit equipment to change a chase. The roads and quick arcade action suit short sessions, with a more combative mood than a Horizon festival. Online servers closed in October 2025.

The racer campaign adds a nice temptation. Keep earning points while you're out and the rewards grow, but getting caught can wipe out the run before you reach a hideout.

15. Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Find a car and get moving
October 30, 2012
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4.2
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Single player
Multiplayer

The 2012 version of Need for Speed: Most Wanted gets you into Fairhaven's cars with very little ceremony. Find a parked vehicle, switch into it and work through events that unlock upgrades for that machine. It suits Horizon players who like the collection and exploration, with an arcade approach that makes the city feel like a racing playground.

Jack Spots are the lovely part. A car sitting beside an ordinary road can be your next ride, ready to turn a bit of exploring into a different race.

Find your next favorite drive

Choose Forza Horizon 5 if you want the closest familiar experience, or The Crew: Motorfest for a different festival and themed events. Need for Speed: Heat suits a driver who wants the garage work to feed into tense night races. Burnout Paradise Remastered is the pick when finding a wild shortcut sounds better than adjusting a setup.

For more places to cruise, including trucking and off-road adventures, our open-world driving games on PC guide has a wider range of journeys to try.

Which racer would you play after Horizon 6? Tell us whether it's the cars, the races or the roads that keep you coming back.