Update Speculation thread

The Hopper is in a weird place among the unremastered cars. It isn't the oldest unremastered car in the game (Moonhawk), the longest to go without substantial content or adjustments (Sunburst, maybe 200bx), nor is it as slim in configs and customization options as some of the legacy cars (Miramar and Burnside). But its abyssal interior color does pose a genuine technical issue that makes the vehicle truly difficult to use in first person. I don't know if fixing that issue warrants a full remaster, but it being difficult to use does bump up its priority in my opinion.

 

Well, Vulkan reduces CPU load but increases GPU load, so if your GPU is already bottlenecking you won't gain performance. I personally see no difference with 1 car and as soon as the load increases (2 cars, or the new T-Series) i get half the FPS

 

I know it's an article from old and outdated BeamNG wiki, but I stumbled across something worth noting...


Here's the link to where I found this: https://wiki.beamng.com/Modeling_and_Texturing_Guide.html

 

Content is usually muuuch more straight forward to make than optimization (game engine related), vulkan, new features as such, and i doubt people that make content would also work on game engine / vulkan / features. I usually see people ask for optimization focused update for countless games, but that would pretty much mean that 50% or more of the team would do nothing.

 

Things don't always go to plan... we were supposed to get a new tire model like 5 updates ago, but it had to be delayed, it also took 8 years before we finally got that career mode

Not criticising the devs of course, i know how hard it can be to develop a game

 

To be fair, technology is also advancing. A full-blown, decked out computer from the early or even mid 2000s has no chance at running any semi-complex game from the modern era, while many new laptops can. I'll admit, BeamNG isn't the fastest game out there, but it's no slack considering the amount of processing that must be done.

 

What I'm wondering is where the AMD optimization that we were promised ages ago is? Over the last few major updates my FPS has been nearly halved with the same graphics settings. My computer runs other games very well, so I don't want to shell out a ton of money that I'd rather spend on my car for a new GPU + CPU.

 

Absolutely. In fact, I am playing Beam on a few years old mid-tier laptop, and I get 60+ FPS on ultra on many maps. But this shouldn't be an excuse for poor optimization.

This game indeed is impressive for what it does, but I'd still argue that updating i.e. shadows to a more modern standard could potentially decrease GPU load, making way for other things happening in the game.

 

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I'm not sure if it's a matter of optimization, but rather that Beam is simply ahead of its time. It is an utterly phenomenal mathematical engine that just happens to look good and be playable. To manage maps and vehicles that posses such a high caliber of detail, while simulating each and every component of them at a few thousand times per second is not cheap in terms of performance, and it is in fact quite baffling for how smoothly it runs on even intermediate devices with all things being considered. While I do agree that shadows and sorts could be improved, there's a lot going on in the background. Someday we'll get there, but not yet.

 

The Burnside is my favorite car, and it needs updated.

 

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tbh there isnt any improvements ?? what is everyone smoking??

 

Yeah Vulkan for me is either -20 fps, +20 fps or literally 0.5 fps. I’ve been trying it over the past 7 versions, with 5 CPUs, 5 GPUs and many different windows installs, and it just never works great. I always wanted to play VR on beammp but it lags so much I get 0.5 fps.

 

I'm sure that any graphical changes/improvements/optimizations are on pause until they can completely switch to Vulkan. It makes no sense to write something now for both DX11 and Vulkan only to scrap the DX11 part soon after. Motion blur was probably easier to add than new shadows or lighting system, so they did it. But I'm not expecting any other changes in performance or graphics until Vulkan support is finished and DX11 is deprecated.

 

that was what I thought but guess what nope.

 

i really like the idea of using vulkan, it's easier to support on linux, and on Mac, via wine. it's great that we can finally have beamNG in vr, but man is it ever buggy

 

so after a month of the update being out and the new delivery and other parts for the Campaign are live, i fee like i have to get my take out there.
its quite fun like every one already said, i would suggest adding Taxi missions and proper trailer deliveries that are spawned ant the Industrial Warehouse, Shuffle Board logistics and Spearleaf island to make proper money Outside of missions

Speaking of missions it should be using your cars from the beginning and loaned vehicles as an option but they probably are on that already.

the part selection in the garage laptop should be the exact one from Freeroam , first i cant see what i trying to find because of the coloring (white lettering with the bright Beam Orange background) secondly i cant find anything because theres every part listed and with both of these problems its quite frustrating to use imo

now to the speculation stuff

we got with this update pneumatic brakes that actually leak when damaged so my speculation is that it could extend to hydraulic brakes aswell with the cherry that the brake fluid can boil weakening the braking power as well

 

The discussion of Vulkan can be ended, for we have this answer:

 

That's great news, however considering Vulkan's situation now, it makes me think we will get to this point 3 years from now. However I really hope we get temporal upscaling, that would be a game-changer in my opinion.

 

I’m disappointed that we don’t have a single teaser