In free roam, players can explore and experiment with levels, allowing them to operate, place, and manipulate objects and vehicles within the level, but also change environmental properties such as gravity and wind. Campaigns are collections of small scenarios on specific themes (races, chases, stunts, etc.), whereas in time trials, the player selects a vehicle, a level, a route, and competes against their own best time. Gameplay īeamNG.drive features various gameplay modes and scenarios such as campaigns and a time trial mode, aside from free mode. On 15 June 2018, BeamNG announced a partnership with Camshaft Software, Developers of Automation, revealing the addition of an exporter feature that allows players to export vehicles made within Automation as fully driveable vehicles in BeamNG.drive. On, the game was released to Steam Early Access.

The game was placed on an open vote on Steam Greenlight on 12 February 2014 and was greenlit eight days later. īeamNG’s website,, was opened on to deliver news of their development of the simulator. Originally, BeamNG.drive was to be based on CryEngine 3, but its use in a driving game uncovered numerous bugs, leading development to be rolled over to Torque 3D. On, BeamNG released a YouTube video titled 'Revolutionary soft-body physics in CryEngine3'. In 2011, some Rigs of Rods developers gathered to improve upon the open-source software with a new product.

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