DARS
The full-body driver for BeamNG.drive
by BadmanTru / Harvey Birdman
Developed with use of ai for lua functions
Forum version is latest update will update repo version tonight!
DARS fits itself to every car on its own. There are no calibration sliders to fight with and no per-car setup to do before you can drive.
In the car
- Fits itself to every car. The first time you drive a car, he measures its own steering wheel, gear knob, handbrake handle, pedals and seat, then fits himself to them: hips on the cushion, back along the seat back. If he has to stretch for the wheel or the pedals, the seat slides forward with him in it.
- Real steering. Hand-over-hand at low speed, smooth inputs at speed. On buses and semis he steers with the palm on top for slow tight turns, and rests a hand on the gear lever at speed.
- Shifting. His hand goes to the car's own gear knob and moves it through the gate. He gets his hand ready as the revs climb, so the shift is already on its way. Column shifters, paddles, gear buttons and two-stick truck gearboxes all work.
- Handbrake. Lever, pull handle, dash knob or foot pedal, each worked the way it's built. On a lever his palm sits on the handle and rides it up.
- Feet. On the actual pedal pads: gas, brake, heel-toe, and the clutch or a footrest depending on the gearbox.
- Cabin controls. Hover over the ignition, lights, wipers, turn signals, horn or any button or switch, and his hand goes to it. Click, and he works it the way it's used.
- Body motion. He leans in corners and under braking, bounces over bumps and floats over jumps. Wear your seat belt.
- Crashes. He's thrown around the cabin, his feet come off the pedals, and then he gets back on the wheel.
- The full-body driver camera. See through his eyes, with his arms, legs and body below you, its own field of view, and a camera that leans with him.
- Quads and other handlebar vehicles. Hands on the grips and a hand on the range lever.
Pose studio
Want him exactly your way in a car? The pose studio walks you through every position: seat, hands on the wheel, each pedal, the gear knob, the handbrake at rest and pulled.
- Click a joint and drag it, or click where it should go and he goes there.
- Nudge it into place in 1 mm or 5 mm steps.
- A live readout shows how far a hand or foot is from what it's holding.
- Hand poses: fist, open, point and more. Every finger can be curled on its own.
- Saved per car.
Every other driver too
- Every AI and traffic car gets a driver who steers and shifts like yours, with or without a helmet, in clothes colours you choose or random ones.
- Bump into them and they react: hands up, a shake of the head, the horn, a rude gesture. Turn on road rage and they'll chase you down and push.
On foot
Step out of the car and you're the same character.
- Walk, jog, run and sprint, in first or third person.
- Climb, vault, hang from ledges, shimmy along them and jump down.
- Crouch, slide and dive. Swim in deep water.
- An emote wheel.
- A pistol, with aiming down the sights and reloads.
- Health, with optional health bars.
- Get knocked over and he becomes a physics body with muscles and reactions. He catches his fall, rolls, protects his head, lies hurt and limps afterwards. Every reaction can be switched on or
- Open the DARS in mod menu
Key bindings
Options > Controls, then search for "DARS". You'll find pose mode, crash recovery, the gesture at the car in front, the walking camera, crouch / slide, the emote wheel, and the pistol controls.
Feedback
DARS is tested on every stock car, but there are a lot of cars out there. If a hand or foot is off somewhere, the pose studio can fix it in that car in a few clicks. Post the car and a screenshot here so I can improve the automatic fit for everyone.
Alpha DARS 2.2
Third person, First person, locomotion, parkour
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Recent Updates
- wheel update, seated update, finger update, entering exiting, outside triggers Nov 6, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Recent Reviews
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Author's Response
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Author's Response
Alot of the stuff mentioned is fixed already, keep
Eye on update soon.
Yall got older version than forum
Version due to repo taking awhile for approval
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Author's Response
Thanks dog, ive already got a update coming that addresses alot of the currenr issues! Keep eye out for that!
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Author's Response
Hey thanks dawg, the forum version is the latest updated version. Repo approval takes alot of time!
I am always working toward performance! I have been focusing more on trimming down or minimizing casts and detection methods.
I will take note of a option to disable gun function by next update!
I also will make sure cameras arent forced to their perspective during entering and exiting transitions.
All the animations, characters, are all human made.
The only ai is in lua functions, but i myself have debugged and performance checked it myself hundreds of hours.
I will continue to move forward with the idea of better performance! I appreciate the review!
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Author's Response
Great review, i love it.
I genuinely forgot and will update when I get home.
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Author's Response
First of all, its highly debugged by own hands.
I havent figured out a way to deal with motion blur
It states it in alpha
Camera changes to fpv when entering is setup that way.
Ive got over 300 hours in testing and debugging. I suspect you have a large quantity of mods and thats where alot of the issues you have is coming from
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