Best-in-class soft-body crash physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“one of the most sophisticated soft-body physics systems ever created in a consumer game”
Steam review · 84.9 h played ↗
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Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 97%BeamNG2015Driving · Sandbox · Simulation
The verdict
A deep soft-body driving and crash sandbox with huge mod support and endless freedom. The 0.39 update hurt performance, UI and mods, so owners of weaker PCs should wait or skip.
Great for
Car fans who enjoy realistic crash physics, tinkering, mods and making their own fun, ideally with a wheel
Main risk
Update 0.39 tanked FPS and stability on mid and low-end PCs, and broke mods and the UI
What changed in the last 30 days
158 recent reviews
Many recent negative reviews report FPS collapse, crashes, broken lighting and UI after 0.39, plus higher VRAM needs. Some positive reviews also mention the update's problems.
158 recent reviews
What players love
Endless freedom and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“You can do almost everything in this game yet not get bored.”
Steam review · 335.8 h played ↗
Realistic, varied vehicles and driving
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The variety of vehicles is incredible, ranging from everyday cars to massive trucks”
Steam review · 3434.2 h played ↗
Huge modding community
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The modding community is incredible, both free and paid, and the whole vibe of this game is whatever you want it to be.”
Steam review · 497.4 h played ↗
Devs keep updating and care
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“devs are still pushing updates really often. Definitely worth even the full price.”
Steam review · 186.5 h played ↗
Career mode and activities
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Love career mode!”
Steam review · 69.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Update 0.39 wrecked performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“after 0.39 the performance tanked going from 100 fps ultra graphics and traffic to 50 fps and stutters on normal graphics with traffic”
Steam review · 835.6 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and graphical glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“since the new update i cant do anything without the game crashing every few minutes”
Steam review · 33.2 h played ↗
Confusing, ever-changing UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Now, the UI takes 3x as long to navigate and is also more confusing”
Steam review · 50.2 h played ↗
Updates break mods and reset controls/settings
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“STOP RESETTING MY CONTROLS AFTER EVERY OTHER UPDATE.”
Steam review · 570.3 h played ↗
No rollback to old version
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Just add the old version (0.38) to the betas so we can freely play the game in the state we agreed to pay for.”
Steam review · 100.8 h played ↗
Weak AI, no goals, loses interest
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“Physics 10/10, sandbox 10/10, activities 0/10 - the game: entertain yourself.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 0.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable60 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64 Bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5 8400
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsMinimum 6GB VRAM (AMD Radeon RX 570 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060)
Storage60 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64 Bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 7 3700X / Intel Core i7 9700
Memory32 GB RAM
GraphicsMinimum 8GB VRAM (AMD RX 6700 / Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060)
Storage60 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64 Bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5 8400
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsMinimum 6GB VRAM (AMD Radeon RX 570 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060)
Storage60 GB available space
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