Forza Motorsport is a 2023 racing simulation video game for Windows and Xbox Series X/S that was created by Turn 10 Studios and released by Xbox Game Studios. The Forza series’ thirteenth main entry in the title is this one. This game also comes with a new list of cars along with some featuring from the previous titles.
Other elements of the game include ray tracing in real-time on the track, tire wear, dynamic time of day, damage model updates with better-defined damage, and dirt accumulation. A fully generative cloud system, physically based lighting effects, and animated track life are some of the other elements that will be present in the game.
Running Forza Motorsport on any hardware is a challenge in and of itself because it is only available on current-gen consoles and has some demanding PC requirements. Given how spectacular some of the images are, the technical requirements aren’t that onerous.
Because Turn 10’s sim racer is so demanding, even the most powerful hardware could experience some issues when running it. Here are all the Forza Motorsport PC settings you may fiddle with to improve performance.
Best PC settings for Forza Motorsport
Let’s start by examining the minimum requirements. Even though the game won’t look its best with these, you’ll still be able to play it:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 6 Cores @3.2 Ghz/Intel i5-8400 6 Cores @2.8 Ghz
CPU 6-core physical system
AMD RX 5500 XT VRAM: 4GB
System RAM: 8 GB SSD
130 GB of free space
GPU: Intel GTX 1060 (6GB)
Best PC settings for low end-hardware
If the PC meets the basic requirements to play Forza Motorsport, the settings on the PC should look as the list provided below:
For the basic video:
Quality Defaults
- Dynamic render quality: Medium
- Dynamic optimization: Custom
Display
- Fullscreen: On
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Show Framerate: Off
Image Modifiers
- Nvidia DLSS: Ultra Performance
For the advanced video:
Performance
- Dynamic render quality: Medium
- Performance target: 60 FPS
- Resolution scale: Auto
Image Modifiers
- Anisotropic filtering: 16x Anisotropic (you can lower it to 4x as well).
Lighting
- Raytracing quality: Off.
- RTAO quality: Auto (or Low).
- Shadow quality: Low
- Cubemap reflection quality: Low
Car Detail
- Car model quality: Medium
- Car livery quality: Medium
- Windshield reflection quality: Medium
- Mirror quality: Medium
Scene Detail
- Track texture quality: Medium
- Particle effects quality: Low
Post-processing
- Motion blur quality: Off
- Lens flare Quality: 0
Best PC settings for high end-hardware
If the player has a higher PC hardware, they need to make the following changes to the settings in their system to get an enhanced experience of the game:
For the basic video:
Quality Defaults
- Dynamic render quality: High
- Dynamic optimization: Custom
Display
- Full screen: On
- Resolution: 3400 x 1440
- Show Framerate: On
Image Modifiers
- Nvidia DLSS: Ultra Quality (DLLA)
For the advanced video:
Performance
- Dynamic render quality: High
- Performance target: Auto
- Resolution scale: Auto
Image Modifiers
- Anisotropic filtering: 16x Anisotropic
Lighting
- Raytracing quality: Full Reflection + RTAO for high-end hardware.
- RTAO quality: Medium
- Shadow quality: High
- Cubemap reflection quality: Ultra
Car Detail
- Car model quality: Ultra
- Car livery quality: Ultra
- Windshield reflection quality: High
- Mirror quality: Medium
Scene Detail
- Track texture quality: High
- Particle effects quality: High
Post-processing
- Motion blur quality: Off
- Lens flare quality: High
In addition, you don’t want a few choppy frame rates and fuzzy images to spoil your Forza Motorsport experience after waiting six years for a sequel and being prepared to work all night to see through the various circuits and 500 cars.