Logitech and Thrustmaster lead Forza Horizon 6's sim racing compatibility during launch week, with "additional support coming in update" for Nacon, Moza, and Turtle Beach

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Forza Horizon 6 might not be the first game that comes to mind if you're looking for a life-like sim racing game to make the most of today's beefy wheel and pedal setups, but compatibility for launch week is certainly available. If you're looking to hook up one of the best PC racing wheels or your old faithful Xbox steering wheel while tucking into the newest Forza, you may be in luck.

A list of compatible wheels has been published to Forza's support website, and it details which wheel bundles do and do not work at this point in time. Logitech is leading the field, with a whole plethora of its wheels (including ones from over 10 years ago) holding full support in FH6. It seems the G Pro, RS50, G923, and G920 have been priorities for the Forza devs to ensure support for - which makes sense as these will likely be some of the most popular sim racing kits around.

Thrustmaster is also doing pretty well on compatibility, with the T248 (and presumably its newer "R" model), as well as some others working fine on Xbox and PC. This is where the list get a bit trickier to decipher however, because some of the other biggest wheel brands out there have some caveats.

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The Logitech G RS50 is our current best overall when it comes to sim racing gear, and our reviewer Alex Berry tells us it drives great in the latest Forza, besides some instances of the game wanting to oversteer and lose the rear end whenever you think about doing anything.

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When it comes to the latest wheels from Moza, Turtle Beach, Fanatec, and Nacon, the page either reads "additional support coming in update" or has an asterisk next to their names. The Forza Support team has said this means: "An asterisk mark indicates partial support is currently available. This may mean, for example, that Force Feedback is functional but button mappings are not present."

This isn't a huge disaster, as some of the best wheels to launch in recent years fit this category and will at least work to some degree until a future update brings more realistic feedback into play. The Nacon Revosim RS Pure Bundle, for example, only has partial compatibility. The same goes for the great value Moza R3, the Turtle Beach VelocityOne Race KD3, or indeed one of our PC favorites, the Moza R12.

Something that's important to note if you're using any wheel that has "partial" or full support in FH6 just now is that you should update your drivers and firmware to the latest possible versions before trying them in the game.

"Your wheel may work great with games that came out 1 or 2 years ago - even Foza games," says the support page. "That doesn't mean it'll work with a new game. This is not limited to PC users: If you are playing on Xbox Series X|S, you should also make sure your drivers and firmware are up to date by connecting your wheel to a PC or laptop and downloading the latest drivers and firmware for your wheel from the manufacturer’s website."

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Even for the golden child, Logitech, the Forza team specifies that users of the G29 and G920 should install the latest version of Logitech G Hub.

At the moment, there's no indication of what "coming in update" actually means. Since it is only the first few days after the official launch of the game, it's likely we will see support added for other sim racing brands as the weeks and months roll on. For now, I've included a list below of the wheels that we've tested and know are fully compatible in the game.

We can also recommend these wheels below, which currently have partial support with the promise of additional compatibility later on. It's worth noting that a lot of these wheels are ones that we found in our review testing had more common instances of not having button mapping profiles in other games anyway, so it may just be that you need to find the right setup for you. For now though, if you own these wheels, it may be that they don't drive quite right in FH6, of that their deadzones have some quirks.

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Duncan RobertsonHardware Editor

One of my earliest memories is playing SuperMario64 and wondering why the controller I held had three grips, but I only had two hands. Ever since I've been in love with video games and their technology. After graduating from Edinburgh Napier University with a degree in Journalism, I contributed to the Scottish Games Network and completed an Editorial Internship at Expert Reviews. Over the last decade, I’ve been managing my own YouTube channel about my love of games too. These days, I'm one of the resident hardware nerds at GamesRadar+, and I take the lead on our coverage of gaming PCs, VR, controllers, gaming chairs, and content creation gear. Now, I better stop myself here before I get talking about my favourite games like HUNT: Showdown, Dishonored, and Towerfall Ascension.

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