- BeamNG.drive’s PS5 release confirmed to feature four-player local split-screen multiplayer
- Screen can be divided in multiple ways
- AI cars not seen in latest trailer, as PC version set to receive same mode
The hype continues to build for BeamNG.drive’s PlayStation 5 release on the 19th of October, as its development team has demonstrated another impressive feature coming to the game
Although local split-screen multiplayer was confirmed a week ago as part of the console version’s formal unveiling, the game’s PlayStation Store listing suggested local multiplayer would be for ‘1-4 players’.
Now, the Beam team has confirmed this as fact, demonstrating local multiplayer in all its glory.
In practice, local multiplayer looks to run smoothly, with players able to split the screen in all manner of ways, from equal thirds or quarters to one large window and two smaller windows when playing as three. Naturally, traditional two-player sessions can be split vertically or horizontally, using a simplified HUD
Game modes previewed so far seem to indicate that specific scenarios will be catered to multiplayer play, with car football, rock crawling, drag races and classic ‘cops and robbers’ pursuit-style gameplay types available, although we remain hopeful that the game’s open world will be accessible judging from the presence of the wide expanses of Johnson Valley.
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