BeamNG.Drive

We previewed it in our recent BeamNG.drive team interview, but a second content update for December has now hit for BeamNG.drive and it features an all-new car, a remastered vehicle and several physically based rendering (PBR) changes. New Bruckell Bastion car The Bruckell Bastion is an all-new addition to BeamNG.drive, and as is often the…Continue reading “BeamNG.drive’s festive v0.24.1 update includes new cars and track changes”»

BeamNG.Drive (commonly shortened to BeamNG) was originally released by developers BeamNG GmbH as a tech demo in 2013 and has been available as a Steam Early Access title since 2015. Way back in May this year, we described how we love BeamNG.Drive (BeamNG) for its amazing physics and soft-body crash damage simulation. Following the v.024…Continue reading “How BeamNG.drive came to be”»

Hear from Nataliia Dmytriievska and Jared Samuelson, part of the team behind soft-physics simulator and driving game BeamNG.drive as we discuss its origins, the meaning of its name, developmental challenges and what the future holds.  For those unaware, BeamNG.drive – or BeamNG or just Beam for short – is available via Early Access for Steam, and has been since 2015 following a demo in 2013, initially based…Continue reading “The inspiration behind BeamNG.drive, developer interview | Traxion.GG Podcast S3 E10”»

It’s been nearly four months since BeamNG.drive’s last update, but now the team behind the open-world driving simulator has just announced a raft of new improvements and additions just in time for the festive season with the release of the v0.24 build. Pitched as the ‘2021 Winter release’ the most eye-catching upgrades to the sim…Continue reading “BeamNG.drive v0.24 update revamps two vehicles, new car announced”»

It’s been over a month since the last update, the v0.23 Summer Update, dropped for BeamNG.drive. On Monday, a minor update was released to fix some of the issues that cropped up since the last release. BeamNG.drive v0.23.5 addresses some of the issues that have been reported by players and testers. Updates to the scenarios,…Continue reading “BeamNG.drive releases minor update, now at v0.23.5”»

Trust BeamNG.drive to release a big Early Access patch that includes a change to how oil is simulated within engines and add a car called the ‘Wigeon’. It doesn’t get more ‘Beam’ than that… John Munro goes hands-on with all the new features, which also includes a brand new testbed Gridmap area – four times…Continue reading “Hands-on with BeamNG.drive’s new v0.23 Summer update”»

It’s been a number of months since our favourite Early Access crash-physics-based driving game, BeamNG.drive, has received a significant edition but today, that wait is now over. Version 0.23 is now live, so it’s time to free up some hard drive space and download the latest additions. There’s a lot to cover here, which is…Continue reading “BeamNG.drive’s v0.23 summer update adds new vehicles, graphics and features”»

BeamNG.Drive (commonly shortened to BeamNG) was originally released by developers BeamNG GmbH as a tech demo way back in 2013 and has been available as a Steam Early Access title since 2015. Its unique selling proposition is a soft-body physics model that creates realistic-looking vehicle crashes. I use the word ‘vehicle’ more loosely to encompass…Continue reading “How BeamNG is more than just a physics sandbox”»

Like The Sopranos or Daft Punk, all good things most come to an end. The same is true of my introductory video series discovering the delights of BeamNG.Drive. It’s been fun, and as I type this, I’m getting emotional. I’ve failed and crashed many times, but not much comes close to the jubilation I felt…Continue reading “WATCH: A very late introduction to BeamNG.Drive, the finale”»