Tire and Dust Smoke Tweaked Along With Breakable Amounts

Update 3 - 2026_05_30:

TireEffectsDefinitions.xml  -

• []Set the sizes I changed in 2. 0 back to 1. 0 (roughly, I rounded everything out).[/]

  []The Alpha (50% increase over base) and Amount (In between 50-100% over base) are the same as 1. 0 and 2. 0[/]

  []I changed the Surface_Smoke" MinTyreTemperatureForSmoke to 0. 01 and the "Surface_Water" MinEnvIntensity to 0. 825[/]

  []There are two versions I uploaded of this:[/]

                 A) One has the DustTrail values turned on for the Effects for various surfaces, and the Range increased from the Default of

B)  The other has the Dust Trails off (same as the default base game file does).

• []You will see a haze in the air with the Dust Trail active version. It does not make the dust or smoke trails longer or fluffier. But, you will see that dusty haze from dirt and gravel roads linger in the air.[/]

  []The updated 3. 0 files go in the same place as the 1. 0 and 2. 0[/]

  Smoke.dds  -

  • []I edited the Smoke.dds file that resides in the ...media\Tracks\Brio\ directory a bit. The image is now 1k (1024x1024) simply because it made working with it easier. I added some lite layers to the smoke parts of the image and blended them in to add a bit more 'Uummph' to them. I also blended in some subtle details to the grass clipping part of the image. None of these are big changes and isn't really essential. I just wanted to do it.[/]

    []Back up your original before installing. The full path and filename is: ForzaHorizon6\media\Tracks\Brio\smoke.dds[/]

    []Unzip this and copy the directory into your Forza Horizon 6 install and let it overwrite the existing file.[/]

    Description

    Went through the TireEffectsDefinitions XML file and increased the value of the alpha property so it makes them thicker. Also increase any amount values that I could find.

    Then went through the BreakEffect XML file and increased the number of spawns for the breakable objects listed.

    Nothing real fancy, but it does have effect.  The default tire smoke and dust in the game is crap. This makes it somewhat better.

    Uploaded them both as separate files so you can choose both or just one of them.

    Update 2026_05_23: Tweaked Size Values and the Amount Values of the  TireEffectsDefinitions XML file

    Installation instructions