If you are a player of Forza Horizon 5 and play this game on your Windows 11/10 PC, you may be bothered by the crashing problem, especially when launching this game. How can you fix Forza Horizon 5 crashing on startup/launch? Go to read this post and MiniTool will show you some useful fixes.

Forza Horizon 5 Keeps Crashing PC

Forza Horizon is a racing video game that is popular with many users due to its varied & spectacular races, smooth & responsive controls, stunning graphics and world, etc.

However, not all players have a good time playing this game. According to reports, some users cannot load into the game since there is a rather pesky crash problem when launching Forza Horizon on Windows 10/11 PCs. Sometimes, Forza Horizon 5 keeps crashing during using this game.

The reasons for this issue are various, for example, the issue with antivirus software, the admin rights of this game, missing game files, and more. Luckily, you can find possible solutions from the following part if you are also bothered by the crashing issue.

Forza Horizon 5 Crashing PC Fixes

Check Your PC Specifications

To run a game, you should make sure your PC meets the minimum system requirements of this game. Let’s see them:

  • System: 64-bit Windows 10 Version 1909
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1200, Intel i5-4460
  • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 470, NVIDIA GTX 970
  • VRAM: 4GB
  • RAM: 8GB
  • Storage: 110GB

Just check these specifications on your PC. Type System Information to the search box and click the result for this task.

Run Forza Horizon as Administrator

If there is a lack of administrator privileges when running Forza Horizon, the game can crash on launch. So, you can launch this game as an administrator to see if it can open properly.

You can go to the game folder, right-click on the executable file and choose Run as administrator. Or, if there is a shortcut on the desktop, you can right-click the shortcut of this game and run it with admin rights.

Update Graphics Card Driver

If the graphics card driver is outdated, it may affect the game performance and trigger the crashing issue. You need to make sure your PC has the latest GPU driver. To update your GPU driver, go to the manufacturer’s website, download the latest version and then install it on your PC.

Besides, you can try some other ways, for example, via Device Manager. To know details, refer to this post – How to Update Graphics Card Drivers (NVIDIA/AMD/Intel).

update GPU driver

Check Antivirus Software

An antivirus program may interfere with Forza Horizon and cause the game to crash. If you are using such a program, you need to do these things:

  1. Add Forza Horizon 5 to the whitelist of the antivirus program. Here is a related article – Something You Should Know on Windows Defender Exclusions.
  2. Disable the antivirus temporarily. If you are using Windows Defender, refer to this post – How to Disable Windows Defender Antivirus on Win 10/11.

For other programs, the operations for these two things are different and you can look for the steps online if you don’t know.

Verify Integrity of Game Files

If there are missing game files, the issue of Forza Horizon 5 crashing can happen on Windows 11/10.

Step 1: Launch Steam and go to Library.

Step 2: Right-click on Forza Horizon and choose Properties.

Step 3: Click Local Files and choose Verify Integrity of Game Files.

Install the Latest Visual C++ Redistributable

If Visual C++ Redistributable is not up-to-date, Forza Horizon 5 crashing on launch appears on your PC. So, update it to the latest version.

Step 1: Go to the Microsoft website.

Step 2: Click a link based on your system architecture to download.

download Visual C++ Redistributable

Step 3: Double-click on the executable file and start installation based on the instructions on the screen.

In addition to these fixes to fix Forza Horizon 5 crashing on startup, there are some other tips for you to fix the crashing issue, for example, perform a clean boot, disable Steam overlay, turn off game mode, reinstall Forza Horizon, etc.

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