i don't much enjoy driving automation cars in beam, it's become sort of stale and repetitive to do alone. with friends is a different story, because challenges and fun rules can be added to car design, which turns it into a bit more of a competition. however, i've always used automation to create my engines that i mod into beam, using the formulas to calculate torque w/o friction losses and stuff (forgot who made the thread). but now it's easier than ever, so if you enjoy that kind of thing, you can consider it an extra asset to beamng. whether or not that's worth the price is up to you, but i believe that when the full campaign mode is released, it will be more than worth the price.