There’ve been plenty of mods made to introduce new vehicles into the game. One of the most amazing things about BeamNG.drive is its engine allowing user mods.
As the game is meant for PC only, a good headset won’t provide much advantage against good stereo speakers. They even emphasize their work with special videos illustrating renewed sounds of everything – from engines and wheels to grass and sand. The developers pay much attention to sounds. These are done as well as can be, and they look as natural as they’re modelled inside. The environment hasn’t taken much of the developers’ attention, but you should blame it on the cars.
But it certainly will only hit the actual consoles: making BeamNG Drive for PS3 or older ones is a waste of time. Should we expect BeamNG Drive for Xbox One or BeamNG Drive for Xbox 360? Only if some major publisher takes its time to port it.
Still, we’re sure the game is unlikely to hit other platforms.
If so, it can be logical to once download BeamNG Drive for iPad Pro directly from App Store. And these specialists are fond of Apple devices. The game has attracted a lot of attention from cinema and animation professionals because its engine is great for pre-calculating car stunts.
Not much of a racing game, but OK for a simulator.ĭoes it make any sense waiting for BeamNG Drive for Mac? Probably yes. There’s no local or online multiplayer mode, so all competition is limited to leaderboards.
One keyboard is enough, and online features are not necessary. The rest is meant for calling menus and returning to previous screens. The up and down arrows are used for acceleration or slowing down, the left and right ones simulate the steering wheel. So all the controlling elements are the keys. And its developers took for granted that Windows users don’t have to own a gaming controller. Limited Platform and ControlsĪlas, the game is so far in 2018 available for Windows only. This is called “soft-body dynamics”, and due to constant physical calculation, the game provides the most realistic movements and collisions. The virtual copies consist of hard carcass and soft covering, imitating the real structure of objects. The developers applied the new engine that offers its own physical representation of real objects, including cars. You can even try to master bus driving, with all its specifics.īut what you’ll need to acknowledge is the game physics. Campaigns include several simple scenarios and require achieving the score in several disciplines (driving, timing, crashing). There are also scenarios, and they are rather simple: all about getting from Point A to Point B in time.
It’s up to you whether to be a decent driver or to smash everything you can reach. There are several maps you can explore without any given purpose: drive because you can. If you have got used to racing games with starts, finishes, and rewards, you’d be a little surprised. At least, real enough to calculate real crashes with them instead of physical ones. But this time traveler must be from a far future when digital cars have been made real. The real main problems revolve around a poor user interface and some strange design decisions, especially with key bindings.Do you like games with cars? Most of actual car games are either arcades or race simulators, but BeamNG.drive game is as different as DeLorean DMC-12 would have been in 2018. Simulator games have a reputation of being buggy affairs but this is honestly one of the best polished games in the genre which is a miracle in and of itself. Although incredibly enough they’re nowhere near as bad as what you might be expecting. Wait, this button does what?ĭespite the game’s many high points, it does have some drawbacks to consider. It’s all a lot of fun to mess around with and it’ll certainly keep you occupied for dozens or even hundreds of hours to come. There’s just so much you can set up and plan in your attempts to create chases, races and of course the classic: ramming small cars into big trucks just to see what happens. The game has some pre built modules you can play through but making your own or playing high rated community options is a joy to experience. And to top it all off, the game comes with a built in editor so you can create and customize your own scenes and scenarios. And there are few words that can accurately describe how amazing it feels to pull of complicated maneuvers that would take a master years of experience to do in real life. There’s no hand holding here, if you want to drive one of these incredible vehicles you’re going to have to do it for real.