Hello everyone, I'm a big fan of this game and I wanted to share an idea. What if there was a free, "lite" version of BeamNG.drive that had a smaller download size? This version would not have car customization or mods, which could make it easier for people with older computers to play. I hope you like the idea! Thank you, mustafa
It doesn't work like this, you wouldn't get any performance from removing content. It's all in how much raw power your CPU and GPU can output.
That sounds like Rigs of Rods ironically enough. If you don't know what that is, it is a open source precursor to BeamNG.
Yeah the performance cost comes from the complexity of the content rather than the amount of it. To get better performance, vehicles would have to be simplified, like the traffic cars for example. And I don't like the idea of having a version of the game where traffic cars replace normal cars, there are too many compromises in them. Map content would also have to be simplified and that's a huge task, unless we just removed the most performance intensive maps, but I don't think players would like that
I'd say that the Demo should include one map, like ECUSA, and one or two cars, with less parts. Let's say the Covet and the BX, or the D-Series and the Vivace or other modern car. Some things could be removed for the demo, but keeping most of the important things to DEMONSTRATE the game
if you want better performance just drop the graphics to lowest setting i got beam to run pretty nicely on a cheap lenovo laptop for a while until i bought my first computer
True, that's what the demo is there for. But it's based on version 0.13 or something like that and it should cover at least somewhat modern features, animations and stuff. I think ECUSA is fine and Gridmap V2, plus a modern car, an old one, and something bigger to demonstrate hydraulics and all that (e.x. half of the T-Series).
With all the mods out there, such a free lite version of the game wouldn't make sense. People would just grab the free version and make up for missing content with mods. Why care about Wendover even I can have 2026 Dodge Challenger
If they call the car's "vehicle_demo" you'll have a VERY limited appeal. Also, I don't think people will see much use for the game if MOST things are missing. They can also not have modding support, although being easily moddable might be cool. Another thing is that a ton of mods rely on in-game content, content that might be absent on the demo, so that's another layer of security. Ther's A LOT of ways to avoid what you described. The only way that they could have a problem with that would be if they did what ETS2 did, where the Demo is (or at least was) the FULL GAME, but limited to level 5. When I was a kid and didn't have the money to buy the game (ETS2), I used the Demo and just played offline (by that I mean pulling out the Ethernet cable from the PC). Thankfully later I got the money and bought the game on huge % off sale and have it since then. I could even use THE SAME PROFILE as the Demo. That demo was so stupid... It just ended with "Demo finished screen", EASILY Bypassable.
