TL;DR
- Every player house in FH6 has its own fully customizable garage.
- You can place props, furniture, and Car Display Locators to style your space.
- Display up to four cars per garage, with one offering full ForzaVista mode.
- Share your layout using share codes and earn credits when others download it.
- The Estate is a massive open build zone powered by the upgraded EventLab toolset.
- Horizon CoLab lets up to 12 players build EventLab events together in real time — but not garages or The Estate.
Forza Horizon 6 is set in Japan and packed with things to do. But one feature many players overlook early on is the home space customization system. This lets you turn your in-game houses and garages into personal showrooms, creative workshops, or anything else you want.
This guide covers everything — from setting up your first garage to building your Estate and earning credits from the community. Whether you just bought your first house or are ready to go all-in on decoration, this is the guide for you.
What Is Home Space Customization in Forza Horizon 6?
In FH6, every player house comes with a fully customizable garage attached to it. This is a big step up from older Forza Horizon games, where houses were mostly just fast travel points with basic perks.
Now, each house has its own interior space that you can fill with props, set up car displays, and share with the community. You can even earn credits from your designs if other players download them.
On top of the garage system, there is also The Estate — a huge open build zone that uses the full EventLab toolset. Think of it as your personal world-building canvas inside Japan.
If you haven’t picked up your houses yet, check out our full Forza Horizon 6 All Houses Locations and Perks guide to see what each one offers before you buy.
How to Access Garage Customization
Getting started is simple. Here is how to do it step by step:
- Go to any house you own on the map.
- Open the house menu and navigate to the Customizable Garage tab at the top.
- Select Customize Garage from the options listed.
- You will enter a free camera mode where you can freely move around and place props.
That’s all it takes. From here, you are in full control of your space.
Placing Props and Decorating Your Garage
Once inside the customization mode, you will see a library of props to choose from. These include furniture pieces, workbenches, neon signs, tire racks, tool chests, and much more.
You can scale props up or down, rotate them freely, and position them anywhere on the floor, walls, or even the ceiling. The free camera gives you complete control over every angle.
Here are some things to keep in mind:
- Each prop costs credits to place, so have some saved up before you start decorating.
- If you remove a prop, you get its full credit value back — so there is no risk in experimenting.
- There is a prop limit per garage, so plan your layout before spending big.
- To remove a single prop, just hover over it and delete it manually.
- To wipe the whole garage clean at once, go to Browse & Manage and choose Empty My Garage.
Need credits to buy props? Our Forza Horizon 6 How to Earn Credits Fast guide will help you stock up quickly.
How to Display Cars in Your Garage
One of the best parts of garage customization is showing off your favorite cars inside the space. Here is how it works:
- You can display up to four cars in your garage at once.
- To activate the extra car slots, you need to manually place Car Display Locators using the customization tools. The game gives you the slots by default, but they only work once you place the locators.
- One of your displayed cars will support full ForzaVista functionality — meaning you can walk around it, open doors, and inspect it up close.
- To choose which cars appear in your garage, use the Display Cars option and pick from your collection.
If you want to show off your hypercars or rarest vehicles, check out some of the best cars available in the game on our Forza Horizon 6 All Cars by Class Complete List.
Setting Your Character Pose
When visitors come to your garage, your character will appear in a specific spot. You can choose exactly where your avatar stands and what pose they strike. This is a small detail, but it adds a lot of personality to the space — especially if you share your garage with the community.
Sharing Your Garage Layout with the Community
This is where things get really interesting. After you finish decorating your garage, you can share the layout with the entire Forza Horizon 6 community using a share code.
Other players can then find your layout, download it, and apply it to any of their own garages. When they do, you earn credits automatically. It is a passive income loop that rewards creativity and good design.
If you want more ideas for earning credits passively, take a look at our Forza Horizon 6 Reward Pass Guide as well.
Downloading Community Garage Layouts
If building from scratch is not your thing, that is completely fine. Forza Horizon 6 has a large library of community-made layouts you can browse and download instantly.
Here is how to find them:
- Go to any house you own and open the Customizable Garage tab.
- Select Browse & Manage.
- Click on Browse Community Garages.
- Filter by category to find the style you like — clean showroom, workshop, Japanese-themed, and more.
- Apply the layout you like. Note: applying a downloaded layout costs credits, as you pay for the props used in the design.
This is a great way to get a stunning garage without spending hours placing individual props.
Visitor Permissions — Who Can See Your Garage
Once your garage is ready, you can control who gets to visit it. Look for the Visitor Permission toggle in the settings and flip it from Closed to Open. This lets other players visit your space when you are the session leader.
Opening your garage to visitors also helps you get more downloads on your shared layout, which means more passive credits for you over time.
How Many Garages Can You Customize?
There are eight player houses in Forza Horizon 6, starting with Mei’s House that you get right at the beginning of the game. Every single house comes with its own separate, fully customizable garage.
That means you have eight individual spaces to theme and decorate however you want. Many players use this to organize their car collection by type — JDM cars in one house, race cars in another, hypercars in a third.
Houses are unlocked through the Discover Japan Stamps system, so make sure you are progressing through the stamps to open new properties.
Best Garage Design Ideas
Not sure what to build? Here are four popular styles players have been creating with the available props and EventLab tools. Each one uses a different set of in-game items to create a completely different atmosphere.
JDM Showroom
Build a classic Japanese car culture space using neon lighting, Japanese signage props, and a tight lineup of classic JDM sports cars as your display vehicles. Use dark flooring contrasted with bright overhead lights and position your Car Display Locators symmetrically to create a clean, gallery-style look. Works especially well if you theme one of your houses around your Japanese classics collection.
Mechanic’s Workshop
Use tool chests, workbenches, and overhead lighting props to build a realistic working garage. Place one car on a display with the hood facing the camera and scatter tools and parts around it. This style feels lived-in and practical — perfect for players who spend most of their time tuning builds rather than collecting showpieces.
Luxury Hypercar Showroom
Go minimalist with clean flooring, bright symmetrical lighting, and wide spacing between your displayed cars. The goal is to let each car breathe. Avoid clutter — every prop should either frame a car or add to the sense of premium space. This style works best with your highest-rated vehicles placed in ForzaVista position so visitors can inspect them up close.
Mountain Retreat (Estate Build)
This one is for The Estate rather than a standard garage. Use the EventLab World Builder toolset to create a scenic Japanese-inspired setting in the mountain valley. Place garden elements, viewing platforms, and wooden structures alongside a custom road that loops through the terrain. This type of Estate build works beautifully as a social meeting spot when you open it to session visitors.
What Is The Estate in Forza Horizon 6?
The Estate is a completely different experience from the standard garage. It is a vast open build zone set in a mountain valley, completely empty when you first unlock it.
Using the upgraded EventLab toolset, you can fill The Estate with almost anything you can imagine:
- Urban streets and city blocks
- Forest retreats and scenic lookouts
- Custom race tracks and drift zones
- Stunt parks and ramp setups
- Private festival grounds and car meet spaces
Whatever you build in The Estate is permanent. It stays in your world and can be visited by friends when you are leading a session.
Just like garages, Estate designs can be shared and downloaded by other players via the Estate Browser. You can also download and explore Estates built by other players for inspiration or to use directly.
How to Unlock The Estate
The Estate is not available from the very start of the game. You need some early progression first. Purchasing the Yashiki House in the western Hokubu region gives you access to the Estate build zone. This is the house directly connected to The Estate, and buying it is what opens the build zone for you.
The estate itself costs around 10,000 CR, making it one of the best-value purchases in the game. For that price, you get a full personal EventLab playground — far more than a standard garage.
Before you get full access, you may need to clear a blocked road near the property. It is a small task but gives the whole unlock a satisfying feel — like you are actually claiming and restoring the land.
For more on progression in FH6, see our Wristband Progression System Guide and our full Beginners Guide from Tourist to Legend.
What You Can Build on The Estate
The Estate uses the full EventLab World Builder toolset. Here are some popular ideas the community has been creating:
- Drift zones — place drift zone start and end gates, line corners with tyre stacks and light poles, and use smooth asphalt modules for consistent slides.
- Race circuits — the mountain valley gives plenty of room for technical circuits or high-speed tracks.
- Stunt parks — ramps, smashables, and obstacles for chaotic fun.
- Car meet areas — scenic spaces where friends can park and show off cars.
- Multiplayer zones — since The Estate is persistent and visitable, it works perfectly for social sessions.
If you enjoy drifting on your Estate, our Best Drift Cars and Tuning Setup Guide will help you pick the right car for your custom drift track.
How to Build Custom Tracks and Structures With EventLab
EventLab is the toolset that powers both The Estate and Horizon CoLab. In FH6, it has been upgraded with several quality-of-life improvements that make building faster and more precise.
Here is what the updated toolset includes:
- Prop stamping — duplicate and place multiple copies of a prop quickly without going back to the menu each time.
- Free Drive testing — jump into your creation mid-build to test it in real time, then return to editing without losing your work.
- Undo and redo — step back through your recent placements without having to manually remove props one by one.
- Full object library — road modules, barriers, ramps, structures, vegetation, and more are all available from a single menu.
These improvements make EventLab significantly more accessible for players who found earlier versions clunky. Even if you have never built a custom track before, the updated tools in FH6 are worth trying.
Horizon CoLab — Multiplayer Building in EventLab
Horizon CoLab is a brand-new feature that brings multiplayer building to EventLab for the first time in the Forza Horizon series.
Up to 12 players can join a CoLab session and build together in the open world of Japan in real time. You can create complex race events, scatter ramps and obstacles across the world, or design full community experiences together.
Important: Horizon CoLab does not support Customizable Garages or The Estate. Those are solo building only. CoLab is specifically for building EventLab content out in the open world of Japan. If you are looking to build inside your property — whether that is a garage or your Estate — you will need to do that alone.
Anything you create through CoLab can be shared using share codes for the whole community to play. This connects directly to the game’s broader multiplayer progression — for more on that, see our Horizon Play Multiplayer Progression and Ranking Guide.
Tips for Getting the Most Out of Home Space Customization
Plan Before You Spend
Since placing props costs credits, think through your layout before you start buying. Decide on a theme first — workshop, luxury showroom, Japanese aesthetic — and then pick props that match. This saves you from placing and removing props repeatedly.
Use Eight Garages for Organization
If you own multiple houses, give each garage a different theme to organize your car collection. For example, put your classic Japanese cars in one space, your off-road and dirt cars in another, and your S and X class hypercars in a third. It makes the collection feel more alive and easier to navigate.
Download Community Layouts First
Before you spend hours building from scratch, browse community garages to see what is possible. It gives you ideas and saves time if you find a layout you love. Just remember that applying it costs credits.
Share Your Best Work
If you put real effort into a garage layout, publish it. Every download earns you credits passively, which means your creativity literally pays off over time. The more unique and high-quality your layout, the more it will get shared.
Buy The Estate Early
At 10,000 CR, The Estate is one of the cheapest purchases in the game and one of the most rewarding. Even if you don’t plan to build a massive race track right away, having the space available for when you’re ready is worth it.
Keep CoLab Separate From Property Building
A common point of confusion is expecting Horizon CoLab to work inside garages or The Estate. It does not. If you want to invite friends to build something together, CoLab is for open-world EventLab content only. For your personal spaces, you are the sole builder.
Level Up Fast to Unlock More Houses
More houses mean more garages to customize. The faster you progress through Discover Japan stamps and earn wristbands, the sooner you unlock new properties. See our How to Get XP and Level Up Fast guide to speed up your progression.
Home Space Customization vs. Car Customization
The home space system is separate from car customization. FH6 also introduced major updates to car tuning and upgrades, including vehicle-specific aero, window livery painting, and the new Mechanical Balance System.
Your garage is the perfect place to display cars you have put real work into. If you want to get your cars looking and performing their best before putting them on display, check out our Car Tuning Guide and Mechanical Balance System and our Best Cars, Upgrades, and Bodykit Presets guide.
Where to Get Forza Horizon 6
Forza Horizon 6 is available on Xbox Series X|S, PC via Microsoft Store and Steam, and is also coming to PlayStation 5. You can get it at these links:
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The home space customization system in Forza Horizon 6 is one of the most creative and rewarding features the series has ever introduced. Whether you want a clean showroom for your hypercars, a lived-in workshop for your tuning builds, or a massive open Estate where you race your friends on a custom track — the tools are all here.
Start small with Mei’s house, collect your stamps to unlock more properties, save up credits to buy props, and share your work with the community. Over time, your spaces will become as much a part of your FH6 identity as your cars themselves.
Remember: garages and The Estate are solo builds only — Horizon CoLab is the multiplayer building option, but it works in the open world, not inside your properties. Keep that distinction in mind and you will get the most out of everything this system has to offer.
For more help across the game, visit our full Achievements and Trophy Guide, check out our Seasonal Events and Festival Playlist Guide, or explore the Japan Map Guide covering all Regions, Districts, and Landmarks.
