Forza Horizon 6 received a major update on Monday, and while it also kicked off the next four-week Festival Playlist series celebrating Italian Exotics, the bigger talking point in the community has been a sweeping change to the game’s economy. The update includes an Italian Passion Car Pack with four new Ferraris and Alfa Romeos, but players are far more focused on how much tougher it has become to collect rare cars.
According to the report, Playground Games has removed the Auction House price cap for cars that cannot be bought in the Autoshow, leaving a single buy-it-now ceiling of 20 million credits. In practice, that means rare and seasonal vehicles can now stay listed longer and attract bidding wars, but it also makes many of them unreachable for players who do not have huge credit reserves. Even relatively ordinary models such as the 1989 Toyota MR2 and the 1997 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec have reportedly been listed at the maximum price after cycling out of seasonal availability.
The patch has also made credits and Skill Points harder to farm. Players say rewards from the game’s longest races have been sharply reduced, and maps built with the Estate and EventHub creation tools now grant only one Skill Point, effectively shutting down popular Skill Point farms. Those farms relied on repeatedly buying the 1998 Subaru Impreza 22B, using it to earn Skill Points, and converting those points into Super Wheelspin rewards. Playground’s patch notes describe some of these changes in broad terms, including the removal of the Auction House cap and fixes for exploits, but they do not spell out the full impact players are seeing.
The situation has sparked debate about balance and progression in online games. Some players feel the studio has gone too far, especially after Forza Horizon 5 set an expectation that collections could be completed relatively easily. Others argue that rare cars should actually feel rare and that grinding loopholes and auction sniping were never ideal parts of the experience. One small relief is that some cars previously limited to Wheelspins or seasonal rewards will now appear as Aftermarket sales at a used car dealership near the stadium. Even so, the update has clearly pushed Forza Horizon’s economy in a more restrictive direction, and not everyone is happy with the change.
Source: polygon.com
