You wouldn't download a car.

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Files for Forza Horizon 6 - the highly anticipated racing release by Playground Games and Microsoft - have been accidentally released, in full, on Steam ahead of its proper release on the 19th May.

Spotted by keen-eyed users ( and still visible on SteamDB ) the unencrypted files seemingly were uploaded onto the game's Steam page. An early upload of game files prior to launch is typical for many game releases, but without proper encryption, they can be accessed earlier than intended allowing for access to the game, which has happened here.

Here's the Forza Horizon 6 launch trailer. Watch on YouTube

While this error was fixed quickly by Playground Games, this brief window did allow a few people to download the files, resulting in cracked versions appearing online.…