Forza Horizon 6 July Update Wipes Rivals Leaderboards, Adds AI Improvements, Audio Upgrades & Car Fixes

Forza Horizon 6 players have been asking for one thing more than anything else over the past few weeks: a fix for the frustrating save loss bug. Playground Games has now rolled out another major update, and while the investigation isn’t over yet, the studio says new recovery improvements are now available alongside dozens of gameplay fixes and exploit patches.

Forza Horizon 6 update continues fight against save data loss

The latest July 13 update is now live across Xbox Series X|S, the Xbox app on PC, and Steam. While the patch addresses a long list of gameplay issues, Playground Games is putting renewed focus on the save corruption problems that have affected a portion of the player base since launch.

According to the release notes, the development team is continuing its investigation into lost save data while working with the Xbox team to improve reliability across Xbox consoles and Windows PCs. Following platform updates released on July 2, players experiencing save conflicts will now receive a recovery prompt the next time they launch the game. Selecting the Cloud Save option restores the most recent available save, giving affected players another way to recover lost progress.

The update also comes with bunch of fixes beyond save recovery. AI drivers have been adjusted to reduce excessive collisions when entering corners, multiple gameplay exploits have been closed, audio performance has been improved, and several vehicle-specific issues have been resolved. Playground Games also patched an exploit that allowed players to duplicate EventLab creations and fixed another bug that enabled unrealistic PR Stunt scores by removing locked tunes.

Cheater-filled Rivals leaderboards wiped clean

Perhaps the biggest competitive change is the complete reset of all Rivals leaderboards. Playground Games says the decision follows months of unrealistic lap times created through glitches and outdated drag tire physics before June’s handling changes. The studio acknowledged legitimate players would lose their leaderboard placements but confirmed Collection Journal rewards earned through clean runs will remain unlocked.

The team also revealed it is investigating similar exploits affecting PR Stunt leaderboards, with another full leaderboard reset expected after those fixes are ready.