Forza Horizon 6 Radio Stations & Soundtrack: Change Station, Skip Songs, Mute

How the radio works in Forza Horizon 6 — change station, skip or rotate songs, turn the radio off, the station lineup and soundtrack, and the skill song credit bonus.

The radio in Forza Horizon 6 is a mood-setter, not a music app. You get a handful of genre stations with DJ banter between tracks, and your only real controls are “next station,” “previous station” and “off.” That’s it — no per-song skip, no in-game queue, no favourites. It works fine once you know the two keys, and the one mechanic worth caring about is the skill song bonus, which quietly pays you credits while you drive.

How to change the station

The radio lives on the directional controls while you’re behind the wheel:

• Controller: press D-pad Right to cycle to the next station. The “previous station” direction is usually unbound by default — bind it in Settings > Controls if you want to scroll both ways.
• PC keyboard: Equals (=) moves to the next station by default. The Minus (−) key is the natural “previous” pairing, but it may not be bound out of the box, so check the same Controls menu.

The current station name flashes on the HUD (lower-left) each time you switch, so you can confirm the change at a glance. Controls are live while driving, not from a static menu, so just tap through while you roll.

Skipping songs and turning the radio off

There is no skip-track button. Each station is a rotating playlist, so if a song isn’t landing, your options are to ride it out or hop to another station and back — switching away and returning will normally drop you onto a different track.

To silence the radio, keep pressing “next station” until the HUD reads Radio Off. That’s the step after the final station; there’s no dedicated mute on the wheel. If you’d rather run your own playlist, set the radio to off and play music through a separate app in the background — the game won’t fight you for it.

The station lineup and soundtrack

FH6 ships with several stations split by genre — expect the usual Horizon spread of pop and dance, electronic, hip-hop and a more eclectic “anything goes” channel, each with its own DJ personality and station ident. The exact track list rotates and gets added to over time, so treat any “full setlist” you see online as a snapshot rather than gospel. Cycling through every station once is also worth doing early: in past Horizon games this counts toward collection-style progress and can unlock the DJs as in-game contacts, so it’s a free box to tick.

Skill songs: free credits while you drive

The one piece of the radio that affects your wallet is the skill song. When a station plays one, your skill score earns bonus credits and influence — so it pays to keep a clean combo going (drifts, near-misses, air) and bank it before you wreck. Skill songs still play even with the radio effectively muted, so you don’t have to sit through music you dislike to get the bonus. It’s passive income layered on top of normal driving; the full method sits in the credit farming guide.

That’s the whole system: two keys, an “off” setting, and one bonus worth chasing. Turn the credit angle into real money with the credit farming guide, and if you’re still finding your feet, start with the beginner guide.

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