Forza Horizon 6 Finally Fixes One Of The Series' Most Annoying Aspects

Forza Horizon 6 provides a large open world for racing and car culture while changing a recurring franchise milestone. Earlier entries required driving every stretch of road, with progress tracked by changing roads on the map from gray to white or orange for dirt. This made completion difficult because small missed road segments became harder to spot near the end. The new requirement is to reveal 100% of the map, which is based on region discovery rather than driving every road. Players can check region completion using map controls, then look for the Region Discovered stat. Unlocking occurs after all 10 regions reach 100% revealed, including Legends Island.

"There are always hundreds of roads in these games, and you don't get credit for driving on a road until you've driven the whole length of it. The game tracks which roads you've been on by changing them from gray to white (or orange for dirt roads) on the map screen. For those who wanted to complete this feat and unlock the related Achievement or Trophy, this often meant painstakingly scanning over the map after many hours to find small patches of grayed-out roads that you'd not yet cruised over."

"Forza Horizon 6 has mercifully changed this objective for its version of the Achievement (and eventual Trophy when Forza Horizon 6 comes to PS5). In this latest sequel, you only need to "reveal 100%" of the map, which means something different from the way past games did it. I unlocked this Achievement once I had revealed 100% of all of the game's regions, including Legends Island, the 10th region that opens up when you get your last Horizon Festival wristband."

"In-game stat-tracking makes this so much simpler than needing to drive across every last bit of dirt or paved road in the game. Instead, you can open the map, press LB (L1 on a PlayStation controller) to view the map as distinct regions, each with its own completion stats. What you're looking for is the Region Discovered stat at the bottom. Once all 10 regions are 100% revealed, you'll unlock the Achievement/Trophy, likely well before you drive down every road."

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