The Forza Horizon series has finally made it to Japan, and it couldn’t have been grander than this. Forza Horizon 6 features more than 550+ cars and Tokyo as its main city, making the game a dream come true for countless gamers and sim racers. For many, racing is synonymous with Japan, and Playground Games has every intention of paying respect to it, starting with including some of the most iconic racing pop-culture references inside the game. The Forza Horizon 6 map, a look at which was released earlier this week, revealed that it will be featuring the iconic Akina Pass Route from Initial D, which is, if not the most, then one of the most influential racing anime of all time. Forza Horizon 6 Has an Initial D Reference Embedded in Its Map The internet has been buzzing ever since Playground Games dropped the full map reveal for Forza Horizon 6, and Initial D fans have every reason to be excited. Located on the very top right of the map, players were able to locate the very distinctive Akina Pass route on the map, which functions as the home course for Takumi Fujiwara, the main character of the anime. Playground Games itself confirmed the connection, officially stating that Forza Horizon 6‘s Japan includes world-famous routes inspired by the C1 loop and Gingko Avenue, as well as mountain passes such as Mt. Haruna and Bandai Azuma. Moreover, there is more than one route taken from Initial D in the upcoming game. Spotted on the bottom left corner of the map, on what is a road that is likely based on Hokone’s Nanamagari, is the home course of Team Spiral, a fictional group of racers in the anime. Every Major Japanese Pop-Culture Reference Spotted So Far in FH6 There is much