Can My PC Run Forza Horizon 5?

Game details

Developer

Playground Games

Publisher

Xbox Game Studios

Released

9 November 2021

About Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5 is unusually well optimised and scales cleanly from integrated graphics to high-end cards. It is one of the few open-world games that publishes an explicit "ideal" tier above recommended.

Common questions about running Forza Horizon 5

Each link runs a real comparison against the published specification.

• Can a GeForce GTX 970 run Forza Horizon 5?
• Can a Radeon RX 570 run Forza Horizon 5?
• Can a GeForce GTX 1070 run Forza Horizon 5?
• Can a Radeon RX 590 run Forza Horizon 5?
• What else runs on 8 GB of RAM?
• Estimate Forza Horizon 5 performance at your resolution

What PC do I need for Forza Horizon 5?

For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.

Graphics card

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon RX 590

Processor

Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Memory

16 GB RAM

Storage

110 GB

Operating system

Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher

Not sure how your parts compare? Run the check above or read what these tiers mean.

Can my laptop run Forza Horizon 5?

The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the NVIDIA GeF named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.

Keep checking

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• How to check your PC specs