Forza Horizon 5

Developer: Playground Games
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Released: 09 November 2021
Age rating: PEGI 3
UK price: £49.99

Platforms: PC, Xbox One

Genres: racing

Your Ultimate Horizon Adventure awaits! Explore the vibrant and ever-evolving open-world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in hundreds of the world’s greatest cars.

Best gaming PC for Forza Horizon 5 in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Forza Horizon 5 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Budget

£799

1080p · 60fps

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
RAM: 16 GB
Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD

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Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 120fps

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM: 32 GB
Storage: 2TB NVMe SSD

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High-end

£1,799

4K · 60fps

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM: 32 GB
Storage: 2TB NVMe SSD

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Enthusiast

£3,499

4K · 120fps

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
RAM: 64 GB
Storage: 4TB NVMe SSD

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Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Xbox Game Studios on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.

	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 10 version 18362.0 / higher	Windows 10 version 18362.0 / higher
CPU	Intel i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
RAM	8 GB	16 GB
GPU	NVidia GTX 970, AMD RX 470, OR Intel Arc A380	NVidia GTX 1070, AMD RX 590, OR Intel Arc A750
Storage	110 GB	110 GB
DirectX	12	12

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Forza Horizon 5?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel i5-8400 and your GPU is at or above NVidia GTX 1070, AMD RX 590,, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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