Overview
- Players flooded Reddit, X and Steam with clips of the Drivatar that rams opponents, spins cars out and wins in unlikely vehicles, driving the story viral on Monday.
- Forza Horizon 6 uses Drivatars, AI recreations of real players that mirror driving styles, which lets a single aggressive profile repeat hostile moves across many races.
- Many players responded by friending large numbers of accounts because the game favors friends' Drivatars in sessions and that reduces the chance of encountering the notorious profile.
- Xbox's official UK account and several outlets picked up the meme, and Playground Games has confirmed it is investigating changes that would make Drivatars less punishing in a forthcoming update.
- The episode highlights a design risk where behavior-cloning AI can amplify antisocial play and suggests developers will face choices about how strictly to model player aggression versus preserving a playable experience.