r/BeamNG 1h ago

Screenshot Any BX-Series Fans?

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She's putting out about 300 HP with how I have the turbo tuned at the moment.


r/BeamNG 2h ago

Discussion Day 1 of "Unslopping" BeamNG.Drive Mods - Lewn's Randomizer

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57 Upvotes

(NOTE! THIS IS NOT A REAL MOD. THIS IS ALSO NOT AN ATTEMPT TO REPLACE OTHER MODS! THIS WAS NOT MADE WITH AI, IT IS SIMPLY A FUN LEARNING ACTIVITY)

For this redesign, I had 3 major focuses - reducing feature creep, increasing clarity, and enhancing usability and design. Let me lead you through and explain each decision I made.

First - the design. Imho, the original's was way too generic, and it sticks out like a sore thumb. At the same time, it has an issue that isn't even specific to vibe-coded mods, it just... lingers on your screen. Mods like CK's Graphics Settings handle this by using keybinds and minimize-able windows, but I opted to blend it in with the existing controls menu. I added a new button beside the already discreet, disappearing ones that shows the randomizer window.

But here's where things start getting pretty large in terms of creative decisions, because I noticed that half of this stuff wouldn't be useful or navigable to most users in a single session. How can I even be sure of what a "wild" profile is? How does this differ from the chaos level? How is a "stock cfg" involved, is it saving a new one, overwriting it, is it just choosing from stock configs, and if so, does that override other options? I'm already confused, and I'm not even to the Rainbowmizer-style "auto-roll" yet... which... would just stop your car abruptly, because from my knowledge, you can't keep your momentum while changing parts. It somehow over-explains itself as a UX while leaving so much confusion behind. Same with the branding, I don't personally need to know the name of the creator, the name of the mod, or the version when I'm just trying to use it - again, not AI-specific.

So, I tried reducing clutter (There is unused space, I will acknowledge this), and sticking to relatively straightforward features. Small things, like plural "cars", the forward arrow on "More filters...", and checks vs. sliders are supposed to make it exceedingly clear where the UI flow is going to go next for the user. I tried making sure this was all accomplishable if it was an actual mod, but some things might not be. I also tested the mod to rebuild the experience for actual use, so there's a clear "roll back" button for each option, I split up "randomize vehicle" and "randomize specs" (for lack of a better term) into separate steps, so you can get a clean stock config from a few selections before you randomize all of the parts. There's already an option for this in the BeamNG menu, so this could be improved on, I just know that I never use that specific button and it would reduce friction a lot if I didn't have to go through tabs or press esc, I just clicked a button.

I also focused on the direction behind it and maintainability. Adding a "safe mode" to the parts randomizer seemed like a good idea at the time, and from a UI standpoint, it is. However, if you consider mod cars, mods for vanilla cars, updates to vanilla cars, Automation, the list goes on and on, how do we know what parts work safely together always? What if a fender and a tire work together, but not with spindles? How would we even make a database for it? Simple, we don't - and we don't offload it fully to the user either. I added tooltips and a simulated response from one of them, telling you the risks of each category of randomization. For example, I chose to put the tooltips on only two of them, but if someone made the mod, they could add a warning to "Randomize drivetrain" that tells the user that enabling it could potentially fuck up the fuel tank. I also carefully considered adding a "Allow empty parts" selection, but again, this wouldn't be that maintainable, some mods literally name empty parts "Nothing" or don't have an option for it. So, for now, all parts are enabled, and it also reduces UI clutter significantly. By the time you get to submenus for if random liveries or spindles are allowed to be what parts, you've introduced way more feature creep than you've removed. At most, I'd put a "load configs" button that has specific vehicles, but even that's a bit much, so I omitted it entirely.

My own criticisms (you can add your own guys!):

  1. This isn't very controller friendly. What button do you actually press to activate it? I couldn't actually think of a way to make a mod like this controller friendly, and I wasn't about to modify the game's files to add a new menu tab (cache reasons, game integrity).
  2. Somewhat inconsistent spacing. Believe me, I tried using more boxes, making the buttons smaller, making the text on the buttons bigger, I couldn't get it to look fully cohesive, I'm still learning though
  3. I aimed to simplify it, but by having it as a UI app like this at all, it will inherently look more cluttered. Maybe I should have thought of a different solution entirely, but it's undeniable it's an eyesore (if better than the original) compared to the CTRL/ALT menu. I tried using the same design and branding by reading through the Vue of various existing BeamNG UI apps, but even so, it looks... off.

Tell me what mod you want me to redesign next! Or, you could ask me to design the UI/PoC of a mod from a description (even the BeamNG launcher itself, I've been considering that), I'll choose one for tomorrow.


r/BeamNG 2h ago

Discussion any good camera mod?

2 Upvotes

I'm looking for something similar to assetto corsa neck fx, want to make first person in beam more dynamic, any mod suggestions?


r/BeamNG 2h ago

Discussion What im hoping the truck mah look like

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This is sort of what im hoping the truck will look like, made by Ai, i know yhe headlights sill be different cuz i see the vision in the actual teaser.

Any one agree?


r/BeamNG 2h ago

Discussion My 2nd sketch, this time maybe an european semi. Had to imagine a taller cab since the teaser shows* a very short looking cab

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*we all know this teaser is a very small portion so I cant tell what the actual silhouette looks like


r/BeamNG 2h ago

Bug report Changed the thumbnail of a configuration and Utah was "oh yeah, i want to be saturated to hell"

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r/BeamNG 3h ago

Discussion I have absolutely no clue about semis nor their engines, but heres a rough sketch from my idea if it turns out to be Japanese

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45 Upvotes

My image keeps breaking reddit, this is the 4th attempt at posting


r/BeamNG 4h ago

Bug report Light bug

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1 Upvotes

wtf is this.


r/BeamNG 4h ago

Mod Is there any dashcam mods???

2 Upvotes

So I've been looking for a while but only found dashcam ui mod and couldn't find anything else... idk if there any wips, so if yk any PLEASE TELL ME


r/BeamNG 4h ago

Discussion I kinda miss when these beamng car crash compilation is still very popular

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4 Upvotes

r/BeamNG 4h ago

Discussion About 0.39:

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It broke most of my mods' textures or their lights, anyone know why? The mods were made for 0.38 as far as ik so is it because of the new light system? Or the new graphics API? (Some of the mods: 1969 - 1971 dodge challenger, 1991 - 1992 Chevrolet caprice, 1977 Cadillac d-body series, Lucas's delorean, and the 1999 dodge charger r\t concept)


r/BeamNG 5h ago

Screenshot omg this game

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14 Upvotes

im gonna cry


r/BeamNG 6h ago

Question is this the beamng speed record? (check top right)

0 Upvotes

is it?


r/BeamNG 7h ago

Video Lore friendly SBR4 GT3 & GT2

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8 Upvotes

Flat 6 SBR4. GT3 engine is NA and revs to 9000. GT2 engine is Turbocharged and revs to 7500. Both come in PDK and manual, but for this demo the GT3 is M and GT2 is PDK

Hope my Porsche Guys will enjoy


r/BeamNG 7h ago

Discussion Your favorite passion drive combo?

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What is your favorite car + map combo when you want to put racing slicks on and drive with full focus like Schumacher?

I lately like mountain danger run from bottom to top with gavril barstow track setup.


r/BeamNG 7h ago

Discussion New Teaser, De-saturated, Reduced Luminance and High Contrast

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153 Upvotes

r/BeamNG 7h ago

Bug report Weird bug in WCUSA in the steel manufacturing plant.

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21 Upvotes

Literally Unplayable (Sorry for potato quality)


r/BeamNG 8h ago

Bug report was trying to play on the bus route

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3 Upvotes

so yeah i just spawn like this no idea what happen


r/BeamNG 8h ago

Discussion Guessing the update from what we have.

7 Upvotes

•A European semi-truck, something akin to a modern TC-series

•DLSS support

•General performance improvements

•Possibly some expansion to WCUSA or Italy to make hauling missions better.


r/BeamNG 8h ago

Discussion New truck is named the Cherrier Percheron

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A Percheron is a large French horse breed that can weigh up to 2600 pounds.

UPDATE: Potentially also a Wentward


r/BeamNG 8h ago

Discussion Texture issue

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I’m having a texture issue even though I’ve set everything to maximum, and I’ve even tried BeamNG’s troubleshooting guide, but nothing’s working. Thanks for your help.


r/BeamNG 8h ago

Discussion Could it be an european truck?

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144 Upvotes

As we all probably know, another teaser just dropped!!! Yay!

Now I've seen some people saying it might be a bus or a truck, but after closely watching it for additional 3 seconds (due to low attention span) I've concluded it might be specifically european truck.

Do you agree or is my attention span really too low?

Edit: I just noticed I am the (at least) second guy who posted this, so sorry if that bothers anyone :)


r/BeamNG 8h ago

Video Bro thinks he is an AI car

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2 Upvotes

r/BeamNG 8h ago

Teaser Is this ✨ art ✨ ? Is this engineering? Is this a pigeon? Well, it's not even an Ibishu, so... 🤔

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625 Upvotes

#wip #art #TeaserTuesday


r/BeamNG 8h ago

Discussion hello, just bought beamng

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so, i know beamng is for 16GB ram pcs, but mine is 8, but it still is playable, sometimes lags, sometimes crashes, but i should not use too detailed maps or big cars,. tips?