Project Horizon Optics Natural Lighting

Project Horizon Natural Lighting Preset is designed to give Forza Horizon 6 a more cinematic, immersive, and high-end visual presentation while preserving the original artistic style of the game.

The goal of this preset is not to completely transform the visuals, but to enhance the overall atmosphere through improved lighting depth, balanced contrast, subtle cinematic color grading, and cleaner image clarity. Sunlight feels warmer and more realistic, shadows gain depth without crushing detail, and reflections become richer and more natural across roads, vehicles, and weather conditions.

Sharpening has been carefully tuned to bring out environmental detail, car paint reflections, road textures, foliage, and distant scenery without introducing harsh edges, halos, or excessive visual noise. Colors remain grounded and natural with a slight cinematic vibrance that keeps the game looking realistic while adding more visual richness and immersion.

This preset is optimized to work well across all resolutions including 1080p, 1440p, and 4K, while maintaining a stable and clean image during gameplay, racing, weather transitions, and photo mode.

What this preset does:

• []Adds subtle cinematic contrast and lighting depth[/]

  []Improves road texture clarity and environmental detail[/]

  []Enhances reflections and weather atmosphere[/]

  []Keeps colors realistic with gentle cinematic vibrance[/]

  []Balanced sharpening without over-processing[/]

  []Cleaner cloud definition and shadow detail[/]

  []Stable image with minimal artifacts or oversharpening[/]

  []Preserves the original Forza Horizon visual identity[/]

Best Visual Features:

• []More immersive sunsets and golden-hour lighting[/]

  []Better rainy weather atmosphere and wet-road reflections[/]

  []Improved depth during storms and night racing[/]

  []Cleaner distant scenery and mountain detail[/]

  []Natural HDR-like appearance without fake bloom[/]

Hotkeys:

• []HOME → Open ReShade menu[/]

  []DEL → Toggle ReShade ON/OFF[/]

  []Page Up → Switch preset versions (if included)[/]

Installation:

Where to install the preset

Copy the preset file into your game’s main installation folder — the same directory where the game executable (.exe) is located.

Example location: 

...\Forza Horizon 6

Where to put the file:

Copy the Project Horizon Optics Natural Lighting Preset.ini file into your ReShade preset folder or directly into the game directory depending on your ReShade installation setup.

Example:

...\Forza Horizon 6\reshade-presets

NOTE:

If you do not have a reshade