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Beam NG Drive
- Thread starter JR98
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Five years since I last commented on this thread, I now have a PC capable of running this. Just need my controller to arrive and then I can enjoy it. I loaded it up and did a short distance with the keyboard and then crashed on purpose on an Italian armco.
I'm going to enjoy this immensely, as will my 7 year old step son when he sees you can put caravans on cars and roll over!
I'm going to enjoy this immensely, as will my 7 year old step son when he sees you can put caravans on cars and roll over!
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I decided to sample Beam NG the other day after watching a viperconcept video about the hardest racing games. He put it above Project Cars 2 and I'm thinking, is it really that hard? I mean, my brother plays Beam NG so if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me. Now, my brother doesn't like sim racers in the slightest, and doesn't like Project Cars 2 at all. But for some reason he can play Beam NG without too much trouble and understands it quite well. I didn't really consider Beam NG to be a real simulator with realistic handling; I just thought it was a soft-body crash simulator. Not anymore. It has a great physics engine that really captures the feeling of a car, unlike anything else I've ever played. Project Cars 2 is very good but it doesn't always feel natural and can be rather frustrating. You need to stuff around with the controller settings and tune the car to get it working properly. Not many vehicles are driveable straight out of the box. Beam NG doesn't require any of this, which shocks me. How can a full-on simulator be soo accessible? It is absolute proof that simulators don't have to be hard. They can be fun and highly enjoyable. If you have a basic understanding of car dynamics, you can play this game. The physics engine is the best I've ever experienced, as it captures each type of car soo well. The old jalopies wallow around on crappy tires, front wheel-drive cars get wheel hop and lift-off oversteer, off-roaders bounce around on bumpy terrain and the modern cars feel refined and very safe. I think it's brilliant.
I saw that too and I don't think his list is correct. BeamNG looks like good simulation but probably far from racing simulations. It's cool to have physics to simulates everything but still you need correct calculations. Maybe I am wrong but I don't think BeamNG is so advanced. I still love BeamNG.Drive because that's exactly my play style.
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Off-roading in this game is an absolute hoot because of the suspension and tyre physics, which IMO puts everything else to shame. I like to do a bit of bush bashing but I don't often get the chance, nor do I have a game to properly simulate it. I mean it's good in Forza Horizon 4 but Beam NG takes the cake and runs away with it.
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- RodSk8Dude
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Have you tried the Covet? It's a lot of fun, very light. And I also had some fun getting an I6 Barstow, doing weight reduction and taking it to a track. Unfortunately, at least back when I did that, you couldn't tune it's I6 engine.
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BeamNG.drive v0.25 Release Notes
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Off-road config'd supercar?
Well looks like my evening's sorted, then.
Well looks like my evening's sorted, then.
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This in combination with Automation caught my attention, though the latter is a bit more restrictive than I imagined. To be fair, it's supposed to be a car manufacturing tycoon game and the Beam NG export is only a bonus, but I would have liked more detail and freedom in car design. The aero portion in particular felt kind of tacked on.
Beam NG itself is a pretty neat game though, I like the detail put into the cars and the range of physics scenarios you can simulate.
Beam NG itself is a pretty neat game though, I like the detail put into the cars and the range of physics scenarios you can simulate.
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BeamNG.drive v0.26 - Covet the Moment
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This amazing update gets even better once you discover there is a hidden preview of the long-awaited career mode!BeamNG.drive v0.26 - Covet the Moment
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I bought the game on steam not too long back and MAN it is fun to just screw around and watch as big, well built crafted cars get crumpled up like paper. the only issue i have is that cars don't get dirty- even when they're all broken apart and mangled, they still look totally clean. It's a bit weird, but otherwise fun game. I wish we could do burnout-style races with some of the faster cars, they handle really well
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0.26 Dev Blog
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This is beamng ha
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Just me casually recreating my old E36 320i right down to the tow hitch 😁 it's 95% identical, although it's the facelift front bumper, stuck with a white side indicator and the UK plate is white both ends. Very happy with the result, though.
I've also been enjoying the car delivery missions. Started on East Coast, and now moved onto Italy, which offers much more interesting roads.
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It's a download from the official Beam forum. Initially it was a dodgy Russian mod, but AdamPLG refined it and it's now hosted safely through there. Plenty of configurations.
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