Forza Horizon 3 crash on launch

Anonymous
2017-12-21T01:09:08+00:00

I have an issue with Forza Horizon 3 where if I try to launch the game, it instantly crashes. There is no popup for failure of any sort and it just looks as if nothing happened, just as if I closed the game right away. My computer is faster than needed to run the game and is updated to the newest version of Windows 10. I have seen many ways to fix the issue but none work. If anyone knows how to fix this, that could help not just me but allot of other people.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-04T03:12:02+00:00

    i havent posted anything in the forums, But  i have tried troubleshooting, i explained what the result of that was, being that it only told me whatever issue it found was fixed. 

    Im not sure what steps you've listed so if you could provide them again that would be nice.

    I attempted using reimage and it tells me there's potentially a virus, however im not sure if that is inaccurate or not as no other system care i use reports any malware issues. I also checked my settings in the gamebar app to make sure things werent out of place. i cleared my temporary files as well.  so far everything i've tried hasnt been making much of a difference. some videos tell you that you can install another random app and it should open, i tried that as well, still nothing.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-02T17:42:07+00:00

    It crashed before we had any dlc so not sure why.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-01-02T16:21:02+00:00

    temporary solution!!!

    For everyone who's having a crash at the launch of the game, my games crashes everytime! So tried to uninstall one of the DLC's, I have the Hotweels DLC. So I uninstalled that. Launched the game and it works!

    So:

    -Forza Horizon 3

    -Hotweels DLC

    -Blizzard Mountain DLC

    1. Uninstall one of the DLC's (I'd suggest hotweels since it's the smallest dlc) 

    1.2 just to be sure reset in App & Features

    1. Click play Forza from the start menu (your game should work by this step!)
    2. Install hotweels DLC again.

    Your game should work! this worked for me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-28T04:24:45+00:00

    I have tried all of those solutions multiple times and have even reset my whole computer by uninstalling and installing the OS. It still is an issue and I haven't been able to get the game to work for awhile now. I have posted a comment on the Forza Horizon 3 forums awhile ago, and then have been told that site is not for the issues, that is why I asked for help here. But thanks for all the help, hopefully their can be a patch of some sort to optimize more computers for the game.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-12-27T23:45:31+00:00

    Hi Alexander,

    We would like to know if you already tried the troubleshooting steps provided above and posted this concern to the Forza Horizon 3 forums.

    We'll be waiting for your reply.

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