Update Speculation thread

Yes, I have used map assets in blender for my renders and they look realistic.

 

Can't agree more, this game is already released since 2013, the graphics and map details have changed since then but if it's gonna have a full release sometime in the future, the graphics should at least be on a certain level so it competes with other games out there

 

Honestly, I am really looking forward to this new lighting system and I'm also looking forward to this update in general.

As far as actual speculation goes,

It is almost the end of November and there hasn't been much about the update yet, so I would say the update will come out in either December or January.
By the way, it seems like 2020 is going to be a big year so hopefully, the BeamNG devs will do huge things to the game, though I can kinda see that not happening.

 

Earlier there was discussion about crash debris.

It looks like crash debris, but is window shatter in video I guess, are you people sure it is not such in that other video?

 

That particle has been in the game forever. For some reason, it was much more prominent in the older days of this game, though. I don't see it that much.
In case you're wondering how it looked, I can give you two words.
Not good.

 

What exactly is this game competing against? There's literally nothing else like BeamNG on the market.

 

It's currently a very niche game. It needs to be developed further to compete in the general driving sim category.

 

It is unique in the "SLRR but not 300 years old" catagory, but it does compete in the "I have $40 and want a car game" catagory, notably with Wreckfest. It's not uncommon to see people ask if they should get that or Beam and there's a fair overlap in player base.

 

Sorry, "compete" wasn't really a correct word, because this game is pretty much a league of its own being able to simulate anything basically.
But I basically meant that better eye candy will look more attractive, and being held back by a select few in its fanbase feels like it's holding back a lot of potential for the game

 

I see what you mean. The upcoming lighting change should definitely improve Beam's looks, and I would honestly say that the game should look just fine with the new lighting and dynamic reflections enabled.
In terms of performance, the game feels balanced (that is, I do reach a fairly high GPU usage for a steady 100 or so FPS) for my RX 5700 and Ryzen 5 3600 at almost max settings, and this is a fairly above-average computer. I'm not sure how much more demanding the game could be without compromising performance for the large amount of people running lower end PCs.

 

the new lighting will have no impact on performance, not sure why everyone's afraid.

 

cus it looks better now, and people are scared if something looks better the potatoes might me in trouble.

 

This won't, but its just speculation that if the graphics part of the game is being worked on, it might bring about other changes or additions.

and yeah, iv'e got a RTX 2070 and 40fps is what I'd get on a hard to run map with traffic on, the game is held back by the engine's performance. I get better performance on RDR2 sometimes

 

New multiseat assignment system

 

BeamNG.drive: Exclusively for NVIDIA RTX.

Jokes aside, I'm excited for the new lighting. It looks much better.

 

RIP annual thanksgiving update

 

The update did not come out on Thanksgiving and since there isn't much about the update yet, I'm thinking it will either come out in December or January. I hope the update will come out in December. By the way, I also hope the bugs that 0.17 had that weren't fixed in the 4 hot fixes the update had will be gone in this upcoming update. Either way, this is favorite game in the whole world. By the way BeamNG devs, keep up the good work on the update
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EDIT: I meant to say "this is my favorite game" instead of "this is favorite game". Sorry for the error.

 

So... I'm assuming update Christmas/New Year's -ish? Unless there's some big changes we haven't seen yet.

 

Is it just me, or does the LeGran need way more love? I just got done thrashing the MT towing package version around Hirochi Raceway and I still unironically think the grandma car, the one that had to be almost completely redone after an outsourcing disaster, the one that's still not quite up to the quality level of the other vanilla vehicles, the one that's still thin on parts and content, the one that was described by its designer as a "horrible, terrible" car that "you want to smash", the one that has a tailpipe designed specifically to look rusty even though the rest of the car is brand new, has turned out to be one of the most fun cars in the game to drive. The handling isn't "pointy" like a FWD Ibishu, but the grip and willingness to rotate into a corner are both far better than expected, with significantly less understeer than the design and specifications of the vehicle would lead you to believe. The engine, surprisingly, loves to wind out and yet simultaneously has a nice fat torque curve, which gives some helpful flexibility in terms of which gear to use in certain corners. The heavy duty brakes get wickedly hot under hard use, but then cool off quickly, and stopping distances remain short regardless. In short, it's a pretty dang alright car, and any time I start to feel like I might fall for one of the modern ETKs, it only takes a few miles in that thing to set me straight.

Yeah, it needs more attention.