Getting the right Forza Horizon 6 assists and settings for you is crucial for the best racing experience, both in terms of your comfort and even in your race performance. Most of the driving assists in the game serve as accessibility options that some will be absolutely essential for some players, helping with things like steering and braking in Forza Horizon 6, but for other players these assists can end up causing problems. I've put many hours into the Forza Horizon series and here are the assists and settings I always use when playing with a controller, geared for giving you plenty of driving control without overcomplicating things.
Best assists for Forza Horizon 6
To change your FH6 assists, you need to open the Difficulty menu, which can be done either by pressing X on the game's main menu or by pausing the game to open the 'Campaign' menu, then selecting 'Settings', followed by 'Difficulty':
- Drivatar Difficulty: Start on Average and see how you get on. If you win consecutive races, the game will offer to bump the difficulty up a level or two to provide more of challenge and more Credits.
- Braking: Anti-Lock On
- Steering: Simulation
- Traction Control: On
- Stability Control: Off
- Shifting: Automatic
With these Forza Horizon 6 assists, you'll be getting 25% more Credits thanks to the difficulty bonus. You can increase this bonus substantially, helping you get even more Forza Horizon 6 money, by upping the Drivatar Difficulty and switching to Manual Shifting but this will obviously make driving more complicated.
The rest of the assists are cosmetic only and don't affect your Credit payouts, so you can set them however you want. New players should keep Driving Line on full, set Damage & Tyre Wear to None or Cosmetic (this is how you turn off car damage in Forza Horizon 6), and keep both Rewind and Launch Control on.
You should also check out our Forza Horizon 6 tips for pointers on racing and progression.
Best settings for Forza Horizon 6
There are a few other options you can adjust in the FH6 Settings menu outside of the assists to make driving easier:
- HUD & Gameplay:
- Proximity Radar: Turning this on is far from essential but you may find it useful for avoiding collisions with other cars during races. You can also change the radar's on-screen position and whether it provides audio warnings too.
- Camera: Chase Far. If the 'Chase' camera angle is your preferred angle for controller, the far version gives you a wider field-of-view letting you see more of what's to the left, right, and rear of your car, which helps you see cars attempting overtakes during races.
- Time Splits: On. This is set to 'Multiplayer Only' by default but I think it's useful to see time splits in any race.
- Time Splits UI Size: This is set to 'Expanded' by default but you may want to switch to 'Mini' so that it takes up less space on your screen.
- Video:
- Graphics Mode: Performance. Increases the game's frame rate at the cost of a lower resolution. The higher frame rate makes things feel much smoother, especially at high speeds.
- Motion Blur: set to 'Short' or 'Off', particularly if using Performance mode.
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