An unencrypted build appears to have acted like an unlocked barn full of expensive motors

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Forza Horizon 6 's PC version has leaked online ahead of release next week, with an unencrypted Steam build allegedly being to blame.

According to multiple posts on Reddit , one of which has seemingly been removed by Reddit’s legal operations team themselves, a build of the open-world racer - added to Steam's backend over the weekend - has allowed pirates to make a cracked version of Horizon 6 available for download.

Cue videos and images showing off Horizon 6 flooding the likes of social media and YouTube, based on which it very much appears this is the genuine article, rather than some sort of wind-up.…