What changed in BeamNG.drive in 2021

The Civetta Bolide receives a complete remaster including a jbeam overhaul, new textures, and turbo variants.

The ETK Driver Experience Centre map is fully remastered with new vegetation, improved AI pathing, and updated graphics.

PBR upgrades applied to terrain and road materials for Industrial, Gridmap, Hirochi Raceway, and Derby maps.

The Bruckell Bastion joins the vehicle line-up as a powerful muscle car with over 1000 HP and various customization options.

Night lights added to the Industrial, Hirochi, and ETK Driver Experience Centre maps, as well as Utah's campsite.

Introduction of missions in freeroam mode with customizable options.

Reworked 3D model, improved detail, new parts, and performance enhancements.

Enhancements to traffic behavior and police infraction system.

New 3D model, new configurations, and additional props for the H-Series van.

Smoother and more detailed Force Feedback with new Soft Lock option.

Upgrading roads, decals, and terrain in maps to Physically Based Rendering.

Teaser for a new American muscle car coming in a holiday content update.

Added new sounds including plastic impacts and ambiance for overview map mode.

Major revamp of the entire User Interface.

Fixed an issue where audio files from content/audio.zip were not accessible in-game

Fixed reload of terrain materials when saving changes to materials

Slightly improved logging of the replay system

Fixed an issue with scriptAI not moving

Fixed crash while exporting performance graph data to JSON

Migration will no longer be performed if this is the first run of the game

Fixed vehicles sometimes being invisible when playing back replays after a game restart

Fixed some road materials not showing up in the inspector and improved performance

Fixed some replays not working when they had been recorded in certain mod maps

Fixed traffic respawning when a bus route is restarted

Disabled regeneration of all decal roads on exit to make exiting faster

Fixed material's UV animations

Deselect forest brush when switching to 'select item' mode

Fixed newly created forest item meshes not being saved

Fixed materials when using UV1 on normal maps

Improved performance of road editing when the 'overObjects' field is set

Improved performance of the object tool by disabling constant 'hovered object detection'

Fixed an issue where duplicating a road in the object tool makes it unselectable in the road editor

Set to 30 fps max for better resource allocation.

AI has been tweaked to optimize throttle control, improving performance in drag strip scenarios.

Fixed alignment of driveshaft prop for Ibishu Wigeon.

Fixed and improved traffic signal flowgraph nodes in the Flowgraph Editor.

Fixed wrong default spawn thumbnail in West Coast, USA level.

Fixed floating trash in East Coast, USA level.

Implemented performance improvements of road editor on big levels.

Fixed an error with retrieval of native paths for zipped folders.

Fixed issue with bed crate exploding on the Ibishu Pigeon.

Fixed radiator fan spin animation for the Ibishu Pigeon.

Adjusted oil pan strength for the Burnside Special vehicle.

Improved throttle control that was causing ScriptAI to significantly fall behind the script times.

Fixed decal floating above traffic light in East Coast, USA level.

Fixed file notifications not triggering for unpacked mods.

Added HD Internals to the Trackday configuration of the ETK K-Series.

Fixed rollcage causing doors to pop open slightly on Ibishu Wigeon.

Fixed driver camera catching on objects, causing slingshot effect on the Classic configuration.

Removed test number decals from Demolition Zone in Gridmap V2.

Fixed backwards steering center adjustment slider for 3-wheel front suspension on Ibishu Pigeon.

Fixed mod vehicles sometimes getting selected for traffic when the mod option is off.

Fixed orientation of spotlights on quad rectangular roof basket lights for Gavril Roamer.

Fixed hood camera position to prevent movement in the sound muffling area for the interior camera.

Updated Traffic Signals Demo graph in the Flowgraph Editor.

Fixed inverted normals on left RS fender lettering for Gavril D-Series.

Fixed missing tailgate collision triangles on the Gavril Roamer.

Fixed an error regarding the retrieval of the My Documents folder.

Added file system notification on activation/deactivation if mod is unpacked.

Adjusted default steering center for 3-wheel front suspension on Ibishu Wigeon.

When changing the visibility or locked status of an object, the editor will be set to the dirty state now.

Fixed vibrations in front of SBR4 when accelerating using race center differential.

Fixed an issue in materials that caused the opacity map from layer 0 to always be used.

Fixed incorrect tailgate lettering on some Gavril D-Series models.

Fixed a problem where the wheels tried to connect to the differential directly instead of through half shafts.

Fixed conflicting variables/node names of the bed crate and roof bar crate that caused the crates to weight 10,000kg each and flatten the vehicle.

Fixed front fender flare meshes not disappearing when part removed.

Fixed Window's ransomware protection being erroneously triggered by a bug.

Fixed incorrect collisions with 'ind_bld_tin_01_shed_b'.

Fixed vehicles and user interface being almost unusable when certain mods replaced the electrics.lua file.

Addressed the problem of some mods rendering cars undrivable, as well as breaking the user interface.

Improved visualization of coupler spheres when attaching trailers and in other situations.

Deleted hidden mesh in Offroad zone.

The vehicle configuration menu will no longer close itself constantly after each part change.

Improvements to the rendering engine with physically based rendering and updated textures.

Adjustments to Forest Editor and Scenetree for better UI clarity and functionality.

Introduction of a traffic signal system with functional intersections and improved AI.

Three new scenarios added: Goliath, King Size, and Supercar Transport.

Complete overhaul of the Gridmap with a new visual style and layout, now four times the size with 11 distinct zones.

The Ibishu Pigeon has been rebuilt with new textures, model, and additional configurations.

Two scenarios remastered: Jump Course and Port Escape.

New vehicle added, featuring a lightweight design and multiple configurations.

Enhanced oil simulation for combustion engines, including variable mass and breakable components.

Minor tweaks to a selection of vehicles and several issues with World Editor addressed.

Various adjustments made to the game engine.

Improvements made to Walking Mode.

Implemented several improvements to audio.

Refinements made to the World Editor.

Fixed reported issues for multiple vehicles, including the Soliad Wendover.

Made enhancements to input functionality.

Introduced subtle refinements to the new Walking Mode.

Resolved issues with the migration process for Userfolder during updates.

Resolved issues related to false positive identifications of the game by antivirus providers and Windows Defender.

A number of optimizations have been deployed to improve performance.

Introduced Vehicle Triggers that can be activated in several camera modes for specific vehicle interactions.

The highly anticipated Wendover vehicle has been added, featuring advanced technology and performance capabilities.

A new Walking Mode allows players to traverse the environment in first-person perspective.

Added Vehicle Pooling feature to increase the variety of vehicles encountered in traffic.

Various fixes and optimizations were implemented for game audio, physics, and engine.

The Bruckell Legran has been remastered with new variants, improved models, and configurations.

Better collision and more stable with heavy objects

Due to contact patch resonance effects

Missing coupler issue resolved

Fixed wheel clipping into lower arm

Lights should stay on when using disabling electronics mode