Playground Games Says It Did Not Communicate Enough With Forza Horizon 6 Players
The statement answers community pressure without naming the itasha enforcement complaints that built it, leaving the boundary between sexual expression and permitted character art as undefined as it was in September.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Playground Games published a statement on October 6 through its official X account about Forza Horizon 6, saying it had not communicated sufficiently with players and that it is considering changes to in-game content and to how it shares information. The statement does not name the feedback that prompted this or any measures or timing. Players who shared itasha designs reported deletions and account suspensions in September.
The statement, headed "A Message from the Team," says the studio is reading comments and recognizes it had not been communicating sufficiently. It adds that content and fixes will continue and that post-launch feedback is being heard.
What it does not do is name the issue. In September, players who made and shared itasha, cars decorated with anime characters, reported design deletions and account suspensions. The operators set out their review and enforcement standards for user-generated content, where drawing characters is not itself a violation but excessive exposure and sexual expression are. On Reddit, users read the new statement as damage control after launch criticism, and commenters returned to the same enforcement question.
Forza Horizon 6 is on sale for PC through Steam and the Microsoft Store, on Xbox Series X|S, and on Game Pass through the Microsoft Store. A PS5 version is scheduled for the latter half of 2026.
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