The used car generator app is a tool which can procedurally generate vehicles at randomized conditions and at a random location/road on the map.
It is highly configurable and can generate wear values to over 25 different car parts.
Some examples:
The user app
This is the tool used to generate the vehicles. Here's how to use it:
Condition - The overall condition of the vehicle. Leave blank for random.
Mileage - Affects the condition of some parts. Leave blank for random.
Park Chance - Chance for the vehicle to generate at a parking spot, IF the map contains any (otherwise it will spawn on a road). Format example: 0.5 = 50% Chance.
Use Population - Whether the vehicle models uses it's population data (in the config .json file) to set it's chance of being picked, essentially making the selection more realistic. If turned off, all vehicles have an equal chance to be picked. NOTE: Turn off this setting if some modded cars doesn't generate even with Modded cars turned on.
Modded Cars - Whether the generator can generate modded cars. PSA: Testing was limited with modded vehicles, some may break the game.
Max Years - The maximum year model of the vehicle that the generator can pick. Useful for barn find roleplays.
Generation Seed - Seed for which vehicle is chosen by the generator as well as it's spawn location. Leave blank for random.
Condition Seed - Seed for the Overall condition, mileage and Part Wear. Leave blank for random.
Balance Wear - If turned on, some parts will use an exponential curve for it's wear calculations. Otherwise, it uses a linear curve. This setting can prevent vehicles with average condition to be completely undrivable.
Wear Variation - The higher this number, the more likely parts wear will be different from the vehicle's overall condition. A high number may produce unrealistic results.
Show Vehicle Info - Displays various information about the vehicle model that was generated. (Make sure to scroll down)
Show Vehicle State - Displays the general condition of the car parts. See the override menu below for more info.
Show Vehicle Distance - Displays the distance of where the vehicle was generated from the location of the player's camera at the time it was requested.
Show Seed - Displays the Generation Seed. Will instead display the Condition Seed if conditions were applied on the selected vehicle instead.
Deformation - Enables deformation damage, controlled by the Body Panels damage. DISCLAIMER: This feature is highly experimental and may cause very strange behaviors, such as the vehicle litterally exploding.
On the "Random Vehicle" section, click on Random Location to generate a randomized vehicle on a random road node (or parking spot), or Camera Location to generate the vehicle next to you.
On the "Selected Vehicle" section, click on Random Location to generate a clone of the currently selected vehicle at a random location and Apply Conditions to apply part conditions/wear on the selected vehicle.
The Previous Seed button will reset the vehicle you previously generated with all of it's condition data while Reapply Conditions reapplies the previous condition seed on the selected vehicle. Useful if the car needed to be reset for whatever reasons.
The Override menu makes you tweak specific part conditions. If the field of that part is blank, it will be randomized by the overall condition instead. NOTE: Some part's displayed condition will not be fully accurate to what has been inputted, due to their wear calculation taking account mileage and/or are tied to an in-game damage mechanic.
Each parts with low condition have different effects and symptoms to the vehicle (instead of just: the car makes less power), which I documented in the discussion thread of the mod. (linked below)
Notice
This is my first BeamNG mod and is still currently under development. So constructive feedback and bug reports are highly appreciated.
For a more advanced usage guide, check out this discussion thread: https://www.beamng.com/threads/used-car-generator.98516/
(NOTE: This thread is outdated, a new updated one will be made soon.)
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Thank you for your patience.
Beta Used Car Generator 0.8.1b
An app that generates used vehicles with randomized conditions and spawn locations.
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Recent Updates
- Quick Fix Jul 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
- Hotfix v0.8.1 Jul 4, 2025
- Pre-release Update v0.8 Jul 1, 2025
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Author's Response
Yup. I found that out yesterday. I fixed it but it's under mod approval, which I can't do much about other than wait. Sorry about that.
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Author's Response
Hello, I wasn't able to replicate your bug. The radiator should only leak if it's condition value is at 30% or lower, thought it can also happen if Deformation damage is on.
There is also a Coolant Level Condition which scales the Radiator Effectiveness. If the generated vehicle keeps overheating, it's probably because it's always generating a low value.
Again, i'm not sure why your issue is occuring, so I would appreciate if you could send me some details via private conversation so I can find out why it's happening. Thanks!
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Author's Response
Configs are only meant to temporarly save when you switch vehicles or access BeamNG menus, so they always reset when you change maps or reload the lua. I didn't make a save file system for this app yet.
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Author's Response
Try setting the Paint Condition Override (which can be accessed by pressing the overrides button) to 1.
You can also set every overrides to 1 while setting the mileage to whatever you want if you simply want to change the car's odometer.
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Author's Response
Sure thing!
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