Turn 10 Studio’s latest Forza Motorsport is available on PC through PC Game Pass, the Microsoft Store and Steam. With the official launch just around the corner, players are eagerly for waiting the title to hit their screens on October 10, 2023. Meanwhile several PC players were doubtful if the new game will be available on their systems or not because of its heavy graphic requirements and larger than life gameplay features.
Naturally, with the early access already arrived on October 5, 2023, players have already optimized the game on their respective PCs and curated the best specifications across a wide range of PCs to help fellow players.
The developers had revealed that game is supports resolution up to 4K and beyond along with HDR calibration, NVIDIA DLSS 2 and AMD FSR 2.2, unlocked framerates in single-player, cross-play and cross-save with Xbox Series X|S players, shader precaching among others
Players can customize their individual PC gameplay with the help of adjustable FOV, and ultrawide resolutions on-track. They can use the benchmark mode to curate their preferred graphics settings.
What are the Specs required to run Forza Motorsport on PC?
Needless to say, Forza Motorsport‘s PC port comes with really hefty graphics requirement, thanks to the revolutionary improvements the developer recently made to their ForzaTech engine. Besides the game is built with current-gen hardware in mind. That being said, the game surprisingly does not require too much when it comes to VRAM, however it demands a rather powerful CPU.
And the game asks for higher system requirements to play the game on 1440p or 4K, with the settings cranked up to Ultra. Here are the minimum, recommended and best system requirements of Forza Motorsport on PC
Minimum Requirements
As the name suggests the following are the bare minimum requirements that your PC must have to run Forza Motorsport:
- 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 version 19041 or higher
- Processor: Intel i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 or AMD RX 5500 XT
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 130 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD Required
Recommended PC specs
Given below are the recommended settings advised to run Forza Motorsport optimally on PC:
- 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 version 19041 or higher
- Processor: Intel i5-11600k or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti or AMD RX 6800 XT
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 130 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD Required
Best PC specs
For Forza Motorsport to run smoothly on the system and to enjoy the best possible outcome, the following are the best PC specs:
- Dynamic render quality: Auto
- Performance target: Unlocked
- Resolution scale: 100%
- Image modifiers: 16x Anisotropic
- Raytracing quality: Off
- RTAO quality: Auto
- Shadow quality: Low (Low and Medium, both feature SSAO)
- Car model quality: High
- Car livery quality: High
- Windshield reflection quality: Auto
- Mirror quality: Auto
- Track texture quality: Auto (for 6GB VRAM)/ High (for 8GB+ VRAM)
- Particle effects quality: Auto
- Motion blur quality: High
- Lens flare quality: High (Upto preference)
Although the game can be played from a traditional 7200RPM HDD, players may not find the experience particularly pleasant, especially when paired with lower-end CPUs. Thus it is recommended to install Forza Motorsport on at least a SATA3 SSD, to get rid of any possible stuttering or texture streaming issues.