Forza Motorsport 6: Apex is a racing game in the Forza series developed by Turn 10 Studios. It is a pared-down, free-to-play Windows version of Forza Motorsport 6 originally released on the Xbox One and marks the Forza series' first entry on PCs, containing 63 cars and 12 racing events.
It was released on September 6, 2016, almost a year after the main game's release
The game is no longer available for download, with all DLC content removed from sale due to the expiration of licenses as with the main game.
Availability
- All versions require Microsoft Store DRM.
Version differences
Premium Edition
- Included all DLC content and 15 Spotlight mode (discontinued since August 1st, 2020) events exclusive to the edition.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
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Hyper Endurance Car Pack |
Included in the Premium Edition. |
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Nürburgring Track Pack |
Included in the Premium Edition. |
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Power to Weight Car Pack |
Included in the Premium Edition. |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.ApexPG_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\Temp\Turn10Temp.scratch\UserConfig.xml |
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.ApexPG_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\ |
Video
Input
- Extending support for more wheels: Forza Emuwheel
Audio
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Separate volume controls |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
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Sub |
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German |
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Italian |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Issues fixed
- See Known Issues and Wheel Support Known Issues for current issues with the game.
"AP301" error on startup
Hold Page Up while choosing Quit to skip this error.[2]
Application Crash (Access violation) when applying paints
The game uses a base64 conversion function that results in out of bound writes when Control Flow Guard is enabled, to fix it add "ForzaMotorsportApex.exe" to the Program Settings for "Exploit Protection" and disable Control Flow Guard for this process.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
12 |
DirectX 12 with Feature Level 11_0 or greater is required. The game does not run on NVIDIA GPUs with Fermi architecture, despite meeting this requirement. |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10 (1607) | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i3-4170 3.7 GHz
| Intel Core i7-3820 3.6 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
8 GB |
12 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
30 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
AMD Radeon R7 250X Nvidia GeForce GT 740 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible
| AMD Radeon R9 290X Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
References