as part of a development agreement with ford motor company, turn 10 studios was given direct access to the design team for the 2017 ford gt super-car, which is the game's cover vehicle. "forza motorsport 6" was released on september 15, 2015, for xbox one. a free-to-play windows 10 version of the game, known as "forza motorsport 6: apex", was released as a beta on may 5, 2016. on september 6, 2016, it was removed from beta and became a full addition to the franchise.