Something new is on the horizon

Jomme_Mega · May 31, 2026

beamng has grown so much sinds i began on 0.25. i was thinking running beamng on a tablet on winlator was crazy but offcially on a ps5 is even more crazy for me.

austint30 · May 31, 2026

stenyak said: ↑

Aero push is something I wanted to include, but would have too great performance implications, so sadly won't be present (at least not for now). The leading car will enjoy a somewhat reduced drag though, given the right conditions.

For context, performance has been the single greatest time investment for these aero improvements (compared to adding the feature, which was the easy part).

The new aero systems are able to handle big packs (if your computer could handle those in the first place) without a huge framerate impact, having been tested with 50+ non-simplified cars tightly packed on 3-4 wide arrangements at 200+mph superspeedway speeds (no, this does not mean we're adding such map/cars :-D), while also having a negligible perf impact running tandems/solo.
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I would LOVE to see an update add a NASCAR inspired stock car though. It could turn BeamNG into the ultimate NASCAR simulator.

dale_cube · May 31, 2026

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killercar34 · May 31, 2026

Is my boy the Bruckell Moonhawk going to get a remaster? Maybe a few new body styles, like a sedan, wagon, and/or ute?

NotAFoe · May 31, 2026

Is all the legacy angular + CEF UI going away for this update? Like will it be purely VUE and be able to run on some other more efficient renderer rather than essentially a stripped down web browser window. Also how will this work on PS5 since it does not have CEF I dont think?

ImmaculateDr618 · May 31, 2026

tdev said: ↑

https://www.beamng.com/game/news/announce/something-new-is-on-the-horizon/

Finally we are able to speak about this

Questions / comments feedback?
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So will beam ever come to xbox kinda surprised that if it is it would be released with the ps5 release

Subaru97429 · May 31, 2026

Will carrier mode also be available on PS5?

Pacifistdude123 · May 31, 2026

would there be a DX11 MODE since DX12 has issues with linux?

I play on Proton because it works better

dale_cube · May 31, 2026

killercar34 said: ↑

Is my boy the Bruckell Moonhawk going to get a remaster? Maybe a few new body styles, like a sedan, wagon, and/or ute?
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there's a mod for that: https://www.beamng.com/resources/bruckell-moonhawk-body-pack.12348/

TVRGriff1997 · Jun 1, 2026

tdev said: ↑

https://www.beamng.com/game/news/announce/something-new-is-on-the-horizon/

Finally we are able to speak about this

Questions / comments feedback?
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I know you probably can’t say but do you know roughly when it’s gonna release?

gtaman788 · Jun 1, 2026

TVRGriff1997 said: ↑

I know you probably can’t say but do you know roughly when it’s gonna release?
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Well Tdev was posting lots of stuff in Discord, so i think ( do not hold me to it ) but sometime soon for PC and later ps5

Shelbyiris · Jun 1, 2026

Pacifistdude123 said: ↑

would there be a DX11 MODE since DX12 has issues with linux?

I play on Proton because it works better
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why not play on Vulkan? pretty sure its the only renderer thats natively supported on Linux, instead of DX11 and DX12, which run through Proton's translation layers

Bwabby69 · Jun 1, 2026

Will VR be fixed in this release?

Dwoge · Jun 1, 2026

will Career Mode and AI traffic receive any tweaks?

DaveBro · Jun 1, 2026

Dwoge said: ↑

will Career Mode
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I'm sure Career Mode will since we know for sure devs always update it almost every update.

stenyak · Jun 1, 2026

Todd_R_1997 said: ↑

i don’t know if you are allow to talk about this yet or not, but how long or how many years was the PS5 version of BeamNG.Drive was in development for?

also bonus question: how well does the PS5 controller feel when playing BeamNG.Drive on PlayStation 5? i ask this because i have a feeling it would have input delay at release.
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I don't recall how long, but a long time, and to various degrees of effort. The past year has been the most active by far when talking about console porting.

About input delay, while we haven't done any motion-to-photons measurements to get real numbers, the feeling is overall a similar latency to PC, nothing special about it that we know of at the moment.

Generally latency numbers have a better chance of staying lower on consoles than on PC, due to the near complete control over the entire hardware and software stack. Compared to PC platform, where each person has different hardware combinations (opening up the chances of weird bugs happening), run random driver versions, inject 3rd party software that modifies how input works, run arbitrary amounts of software in the background, etc.

Note that I'm talking about input delay. Input delay (input lag) is a different technical concept than "game is laggy", which people often use to talk about pure framerate. A high-end modern PC is for sure gonna be able to outperform the older hardware of these consoles.

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Will VR be fixed in this release?
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VR is still experimental with tons of bugs and tons of room for improvement. Are you referring to one bug in particular that affects you (maybe even makes VR unplayable), and if so, which? Please write in the dedicated experimental VR thread, rather than here, to make sure the issue will be tracked. Thanks!

idk_2401 · Jun 1, 2026

I wonder, will there be a possibility to install mods on ps5 from outside of the repo?

LGAM10601 · Jun 1, 2026

Quick question, did you guys see any improvements in the AA? Becuse one problem i have with the game is how thin objects get alot of jagged edges. Could we get a new anti aliasing method?

40farts · Jun 1, 2026

supersark.id said: ↑

I saw the update about slipstreaming, side drafting, and bump drafting. Are you also improving the AI racing lines on tracks? Right now, the AI sometimes brakes suddenly or brake-checks for no apparent reason, makes abrupt turns, or behaves a bit too aggressively.

Also, is it possible to train the AI to drive better over time?

Another question: in the current version, there is a race mode where we can set a single point on the map as a destination. Would it be possible to expand this so we can place multiple waypoints and have them loop continuously? That would allow us to run longer races with AI opponents.

I'm not sure if I'm explaining this very well, but I hope you understand what I mean.

Also, could you add more advanced motion blur controls to Photo Mode, such as shutter speed adjustments, wheel blur, and background motion blur? This would make it much easier to create realistic rolling shots without relying on third-party tools.
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Hotlapping is already a feature:
https://beamng.com/game/support/portal/gameplay/hotlapping/

Convultus · Jun 1, 2026

I play on a laptop with RTX 3050 4GB and there is a chance performance for me may drop big time, but I'm very excited to for this new update!

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