Forza Horizon 6 just raised the bar on player expression, and it goes well beyond paint jobs. Playground Games has built a full garage customization system into the game, letting players dress up their car storage spaces with props, share layouts with the community, and actually earn credits when other players download and apply their designs.
Eight garages, eight blank canvases
There are eight houses available in Forza Horizon 6, including Mei's house that players start with. Every single one comes with a customizable garage attached. That means eight separate spaces to theme, decorate, and show off, each one a potential credits earner if the design lands with the community.
Accessing the system is straightforward. Visit any owned house and navigate to the Customizable Garage tab at the top of the menu. From there, selecting Customize Garage drops you into a free camera mode where props can be placed anywhere within the space. The prop library covers a wide selection of decorative items, and the only real constraints are your credit balance and the prop limit for that garage.
Removing individual props requires hovering over them and manually deleting each one, so planning your layout before spending credits is worth doing. The free camera gives you full control over placement angles, which means the ceiling, corners, and floor space are all fair game.
The community layer that makes it interesting
Here's the thing that separates Forza Horizon 6's garage system from a simple decoration mode: the community sharing element. Players who do not want to build from scratch can head to Browse & Manage, then Browse Community Garages, and download layouts created by other players. Applying a downloaded design does cost credits, but it gives anyone access to high-quality setups without the design work.
For builders, this is where the system gets genuinely rewarding. Every time another player downloads and applies your garage layout, you earn credits. It is a passive income loop tied directly to creative output, which is a smart way to keep the community building and sharing rather than just consuming.
Players can also control which cars from their collection appear on display inside the garage, using the Display Cars option to curate exactly what visitors see. And if you want the space open to other players, toggling Visitor Permission from closed to open does the job.
What this means for players
Garage customization is not a new concept in racing games, but the credits-for-downloads mechanic gives it actual stakes. Players who put real effort into theming a space around, say, a Halo aesthetic or a specific car manufacturer can see a direct return on that effort. It also creates a natural leaderboard of sorts, since popular community garages will rise to the top of the browser.
For players who want to see how the full system fits into everything else Forza Horizon 6 offers, check out our gaming guides for deeper breakdowns across the game's mechanics. And if you are still deciding whether to pick up the game at all, our game reviews section has you covered with detailed analysis of what Playground Games has built this time around.
