How to Fast Travel in Forza Horizon 6

TL;DR

• Fast travel in Forza Horizon 6 is completely free — no credits, no boards to smash, no house to buy.
• You can only fast travel to roads you have already driven on.
• Grey roads on the map are locked. White or red roads are available for fast travel.
• Open the map, hover your cursor over a discovered road, and press X (Xbox/PC) or Square (PlayStation).
• Fast travel is disabled while you are in an active race or event.
• Use Auto Drive to explore roads passively and expand your fast travel network faster.

Fast travel in Forza Horizon 6 is one of the biggest quality-of-life improvements in the series. It is free, available almost immediately, and works across Japan’s massive map without any fees or unlock grind. If you played Forza Horizon 6 before or came from FH5, you will notice straight away that the old system is completely gone. No more smashing boards. No more buying a specific house just to unlock the feature. No more paying credits every time you want to jump across the map.

This guide explains exactly how fast travel works in FH6, how to unlock more travel points, and tips to expand your network quickly so you can get around Japan without wasting time.

How Fast Travel Works in Forza Horizon 6

The fast travel system in FH6 is built around road discovery. Every road you physically drive on becomes permanently available as a fast travel destination. The more of Japan you explore, the more of the map you can jump to instantly.

The map uses a simple colour system to show you what is available:

• Grey roads — You have not driven here yet. Fast travel is not possible.
• White or red roads — You have driven here before. Fast travel is available anywhere along these roads.

This applies to roads, event start lines, player houses, festival outposts, and other named locations. If the cursor hovers over a spot and no travel prompt appears, that road is still undiscovered. Drive there once, and it becomes a permanent shortcut.

How to Fast Travel in Forza Horizon 6 — Step by Step

The process is quick and simple on all platforms.

1. Pause the game and open the world map from the Campaign tab.
2. Move the cursor over any road, house, event icon, or festival site that you have already discovered. Look for white or red road colouring to confirm the destination is valid.
3. Press X on Xbox or PC, or Square on PlayStation to trigger the fast travel prompt.
4. Confirm and wait for the short loading screen. You will appear at the chosen spot instantly.

That is all there is to it. No menus to navigate, no credits to spend, and no loading into a cutscene first.

When Is Fast Travel Available?

Fast travel unlocks automatically once you finish the opening tutorial races and gain full access to Japan’s open world. You do not need to reach a certain level or buy a property first. The feature is ready as soon as you enter free roam.

There is one important limitation. Fast travel is disabled during active races and events. You need to finish or quit the current event before you can open the map and jump to another location. Trying to use the map mid-race will not show the travel prompt.

Some remote areas of the map may also be locked behind story progression. If a specific region is unavailable, advancing through the main Horizon Festival campaign will open it up.

How to Unlock More Fast Travel Points

Your fast travel network starts small and grows as you explore. Here are the best ways to expand it quickly.

Drive New Roads Early

The fastest way to open up fast travel coverage is to drive through as many roads as possible in the early hours of the game. Every new stretch of road you touch becomes a permanent shortcut. Focus on main highways first to connect the regions, then fill in rural routes and mountain passes as you go.

Keep an eye on small side roads when zooming in on the map. They are easy to miss but give you extra coverage in areas you visit often. Japan’s map has a lot of detail, so thorough early exploration pays off for the rest of the game. Check out our Forza Horizon 6 Japan map guide to get familiar with all the regions, districts, and landmarks worth driving through first.

Use Auto Drive to Explore Passively

If you want to unlock roads without manually driving every corner of Japan, use the Auto Drive feature in free roam. Enable it and your car will cruise through the map on its own. This is a useful way to reveal new road sections while you focus on scouting events or just take a break from active driving.

Visit Houses and Festival Outposts

Player houses and festival outposts become fast travel points the moment you visit them, even before you buy them. Driving past a house or outpost is enough to add it to your map as a jump destination. These act as reliable hubs for getting around specific regions, so make a point of visiting them during early exploration.

Buying houses adds extra benefits on top of fast travel access. Each property comes with a unique perk, from free daily Wheelspins to bonus credits in certain event types. See our Forza Horizon 6 all houses locations and perks guide to find the best early properties to aim for.

Use Drone Mode to Scout Ahead

Drone Mode lets you scout hard-to-reach areas and spot roads you have not driven yet. It does not unlock roads by itself, but it helps you plan efficient driving routes so you can fill in the map faster. Use it to check mountain passes or tight urban side streets before committing to a drive.

How Is Fast Travel Different from Forza Horizon 5?

If you are coming from Forza Horizon 5, the change is significant. In FH5 you had to buy a specific house to unlock fast travel at all, pay credits every time you used it, and smash all 50 fast travel boards spread across the map to bring the cost down to zero. That was a noticeable grind just to access a basic navigation feature.

Forza Horizon 6 removes all of that. The board collectibles are gone entirely, no property purchase is required to unlock the feature, and there is no per-trip cost at any point. The only requirement is exploration — you need to have physically driven a road before you can jump to it. This means the system rewards driving the map first, then opens up free movement permanently.

It is a much cleaner design. Fast travel stays meaningful because it is tied to exploration, but it never punishes you with a cost or a collectible grind.

Tips to Get the Most Out of Fast Travel

• Unlock key routes first. If you know you will be grinding specific events, drive to those locations early and unlock the roads nearby. You can then bounce between event types without any cross-map driving.
• Fast travel to event start lines. You do not have to drive to the start of every race. If you have visited the road near an event, you can jump straight to it from the map.
• Pair fast travel with collectible hunting. Jump close to bonus boards, treasure chests, or Photo Challenge locations and drive the final stretch. This saves time compared to driving all the way from the other side of Japan. Check our all 200 bonus boards locations guide and all 200 mascots locations guide to plan your routes.
• Use it for Festival Playlist events. Seasonal events are spread across the whole map. Fast travel makes it much quicker to complete all your playlist targets without long drives between each one. See the Forza Horizon 6 Festival Playlist guide for the full breakdown.
• Fast travel is not available in multiplayer modes. Some online modes restrict or disable fast travel. Stick to free roam or solo sessions if you need to jump around the map freely.

Where to Fast Travel in Forza Horizon 6

Once you have enough of the map unlocked, you will have access to several types of fast travel destinations:

• Any discovered road — The main fast travel network. Every white or red road is a valid destination.
• Player houses — Homes you have visited or purchased appear as named fast travel hubs on the map.
• Festival outposts — Outposts you have discovered are permanent jump points spread across Japan’s regions.
• Event start lines — Race and challenge start locations become fast travel points once you have driven to them at least once.

For players focused on touge battles, jumping directly to mountain passes like the ones featured in our Mt. Haruna touge guide, Hakone Nanamagari touge guide, and Bandai Azuma touge guide saves a lot of time once those roads are discovered.

Frequently Asked Questions

Get Around Japan Faster

Fast travel in Forza Horizon 6 is one of the best changes the series has made in years. It is instant, free, and grows with your exploration rather than being tied to a grind. The earlier you put in time driving Japan’s roads, the less time you spend commuting later in the game.

If you are still getting started, our Forza Horizon 6 beginner’s guide covers the full progression system from Tourist to Legend. For settings that make driving and navigation smoother, see the best settings guide. And if you want to know how to earn more credits to spend on houses and cars, check out how to earn credits fast in FH6.

Forza Horizon 6 is available on Xbox, PC via Steam, and PlayStation. You can also find more details on the official Forza website.