A Forza Horizon 6 player has shared how he still gets to drive alongside his best friend, who died four months ago, whenever his Drivatar appears in the game.
Forza photographer Samohteht posted a clip to Instagram showing the two cars cruising side by side, in a video that has since been viewed more than 2 million times.
Samohteht finds late friend’s Drivatar in Forza Horizon 6
Drivatars are AI drivers that learn from the way real players drive, then show up in other people’s games under that player’s name, even when they aren’t online. They have been part of Forza since the first game in 2005, and since Forza Motorsport 5 in 2013 they have appeared in friends’ games too, which is why his friend’s Drivatar still turns up on the road months later.
“My best friend passed away four months ago. And every once in a while, I come across his Drivatar in Forza Horizon 6,” Samohteht wrote. “For a little while, we get to cruise together again. No words needed, no goodbye, no sadness. Just two friends driving side by side, like nothing ever happened.”
He added that for a brief moment, “the world feels normal again.”
“I know it’s just a game, but sometimes it’s the closest thing I have to seeing him again,” he continued, before signing off with a message to his friend. “Happy Birthday. I miss you, brother.”
Forza players share their own Drivatar stories
The video prompted other players to share similar experiences in the comments. “Felt this. My best friend’s Drivatar comes around and he’s been gone over 8 years,” one wrote.
“Been like this since FH1 for me and my brother I lost,” another said. “Amazing thing about the Drivatar system is it keeps them alive throughout the games they never got to play.”
Others said the clip had brought them back to the game, with one player who lost his best friend three months ago writing that he was “currently redownloading the game as I speak.”
Samohteht later thanked viewers for the response, saying he could no longer keep up with the comments. “Thank you all for the nice words. We honored him. He would be proud,” he wrote.
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