Even if you have an RTX 5090, I don’t recommend using ray tracing in Forza Horizon 6. Not because of the performance hit, simply because it’s just not worth using

These past few days, I’ve been testing Forza Horizon 6 across various gaming PCs, monitor resolutions, settings, and whatnot. Overall, everything is peachy—the game looks and runs very well, even on older hardware, and you don’t have to lean on upscaling or frame generation to get a decent frame rate. But there’s one setting that…

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Forza Horizon 6 PC performance analysis: Heavy on your CPU, with uninspiring ray tracing, but at least it all runs very nicely

It’s been five years since Xbox Game Studios launched Forza Horizon 5, and now it’s back again, and in Forza Horizon 6, you’ll be burning rubber, smashing through fences, and generally causing four-wheeled mayhem in and around Tokyo, Japan. The Forza Horizon games have all been very much ‘arcade driving’ in nature, and number six…

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Forza Horizon 6 review

Speeding through Shibuya Crossing in a souped up kei truck, Babymetal blaring out of the stereo, it’s easy to fall in love with the fantasy that Forza Horizon is selling. Recognisable locations stitched together across a large open world, a huge number of cars picked from multiple eras and disciplines, and a seemingly endless suite…

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AOC’s new 34-inch gaming monitor gets the same sizzling 5th Gen QD-OLED panel tech as our current favorite ultrawide but it’s a whole lot cheaper

Samsung’s latest 5th Gen QD-OLED tech really rocks in the MSI MPG 341CQR X36. It’s brighter and faster, the purple tint thing is reduced and you get true RGB-stripe pixels, too. The only problem is the price. But this new AOC monitor offers exactly the same Samsung panel, just cheaper. Nice. Key specs: 5th Gen…

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‘It’s Temu Google Stadia’: Vtuber showcases backseat gaming tool while playing Dark Souls 2 for the very first time

If you’ve ever played one of FromSoftware’s oeuvre in front of another Souls fan, you already know what a scourge backseat gaming is. Now imagine you’re a streamer playing in front of thousands of folks who are convinced they know better than you. Well, one streaming fan has created a lightweight tool that allows backseat…

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“That’s The Magic Sauce” – GoldenEye Designer Explains Why It Feels So Good To Shoot Baddies In The N64 Classic

“It’s a little beat that is always there”. I certainly don’t need to explain why GoldenEye 007 is such a beloved game; the mix of mission-based action, tight controls and fantastic split-screen multiplayer mode have secured the game’s position as an all-time classic of the FPS genre – but it’s always nice to hear about…

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