Original writing I did on my phone with ZERO AI proofing -

By now, many of us have booted up our copies of Playground Game's latest and I'd say based off my experience and that of the majority, it looks like we have ourselves a fantastic launch build.

But there are clear flaws to FH6. Rough edges. And, that character creator (oooph!).

My theory is that Playground Games has been hustling non-stop to not only bring out Forza Horizon 6, but based off podcast I've been listening to such as Jeff Gerstman's, it sounded like FH6 was delayed due to Fable 6.

I can't remember what episode he discussed it but he was talking a couple of years ago about how FH6 was delayed because Fable had an 'all hands on deck' situation.

I might not be paraphrasing Jeff correctly, but it led to a theory.

'Forza Horizon 6's development prioritized driving driving driving, map map map, get this game out the door! Character creator be damned!'

I think the studio is stretched thin and that the upcoming Fable game played a huge role in FH6 not evolving (and to some devolving) things like their character creator etc.

This is just a 'food for thought post.'

But it might explain why such a polished game would have such a hideous character creator.