In Forza Horizon 6 there is a multitude of vehicles again. One of the most absurd I tuned up until it was almost undriveable. It was fun.
Long-time players of Forza Horizon certainly know it: You grab some car that looks absurd and has poor stock performance, and install the biggest engine available. Of course, I continued this old tradition in Forza Horizon 6.
Allow me to introduce: my pink Peel P50 (see title image).
The P50 is considered the smallest road-legal production vehicle in the world. It weighs around 60 kg (in Forza 141 kg), has a single seat, and about 4 hp. I have tuned this terrible vehicle. It received a new engine with a single turbo, a 10-speed transmission, was converted to all-wheel drive, and every possible enhancement was added.
The end result was Frankenstein’s car in pink: with over 800 hp at now 271 kg.
Not the safest car for a leisurely drive
What do you do when you buy a new car? Right, hit the highway. I wanted to test the drivability of my speedy P50 and sped through Tokyo. However, it quickly became clear that the streets of Japan’s metropolis are simply not big enough for the two of us – that is, my P50 and me.
With insane acceleration, I started my test run and zipped along the famous Shibuya Crossing. The thing goes from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3 seconds. Similarly quick to 200, then 220, 250… it all came to a halt at 274 – against a wall.
In no time, the P50 showed me why a big city is not the right place for my test drive. The roads are long and straight enough to reach top speed, but making a proper turn or even taking a corner was hardly possible.
It was off to the highway. Finally, I could properly push my pink wonder, but even here, corners remained a problem. I conducted a sort of moose test and… failed. My P50 didn’t tip over, but, well, the moose would be dead now.
At comparatively low speeds, the P50, despite its size and lightweight, has really modest agility. At high speeds, it still isn’t nimble and prefers to go straight, but it also likes to slide across 4 lanes onto the opposite lane.
Relaxed cruising and enjoying the scenery is not possible.
The right purpose for the pink speedster
My path eventually led me quite coincidentally to a location for drag racing – and since corners are anyway the weakness of the tuned P50, I put the drag tires on and ran a few quarter-mile races. Here, the little speedster shines, completing the course with the right setup in 7 seconds.
One evening during the pre-release phase, I met several players at a drag meet and we raced a few times. The trike even won against a Lamborghini Revuelto, a Ford GT, and a Ferrari J50 – all tuned.
It’s definitely incredibly fun to race absurd vehicles through Japan. But even with relatively familiar cars like a Nissan Skyline or a Toyota Supra, cruising is a real highlight. You can read more about it in my test: Forza Horizon 6 Review: The best moments I had were when I left the races aside and played it like GTA
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