The pre-purchases were already announcing it, and now it has been the Phil Spencer, the director of Microsoft’s gaming division, who revealed that Forza Horizon 5 had managed to overcome the barrier of 4.5 million players on the day of its release, automatically making this game the biggest milestone in Xbox Game Studios history.

As if that weren’t enough, the peak of simultaneous players multiplied by three the data harvested by Forza Horizon 4.

If we go to Steam, there the peak of maximum players are 70,726 players, which shows that many players have been able to access the game through the Microsoft Store, Xbox Series X | S consoles or the Xbox Game Pass subscription service. On the other hand, all the critics give an outstanding as a minimum evaluation, being the average a 9 out of 10.

“We’ve been investing in Xbox for years so more people can play games. With more than 4.5 million players so far on PC, cloud, and console, Forza Horizon 5 proves that promise is coming true. It’s the biggest launch day for For an Xbox Game Studios game, the concurrent player peak is 3 times that of Forza Horizon 4, “said Phil Spencer. on his official Twitter account.