BeamNG export lets you drive your cars
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“You can DRIVE the cars you make in this game thanks to the partnership.”
Steam review · 137.7 h played ↗
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Camshaft Software Ltd2015Management · Sandbox · Simulation
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 55 min ago
The verdict
A deep, realistic car and engine designer sandbox, best paired with BeamNG.drive. Skip it if you want an approachable tycoon game, since the campaign and UI are confusing.
Great for
Car enthusiasts who love tinkering with engines and exporting creations to BeamNG.drive
Main risk
Unintuitive UI and an opaque tycoon campaign with little guidance, plus updates that can break saved cars
What players love
Deep, realistic engine and car engineering
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“longer stroke you get more torque and supplement it with a long intake runner manifold and headers and you have a torque monster”
Steam review · 163.7 h played ↗
Huge creative freedom and customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“a 1.0L V16 in a god damn kei truck? you got it.”
Steam review · 554.2 h played ↗
Mods and workshop support extend the game
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“better with mods but if you have a game to export and use the cars you made in it is a great game.”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Confusing, unintuitive UI with little guidance
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The UI on this game is an abomination.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Weak, confusing tycoon campaign
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The campaign is just a glorified GUI Excel spreadsheet.”
Steam review · 329.6 h played ↗
Over a decade in Early Access, slow development
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“If it takes you over a decade to release a game, your scope is too big or your team is too small.”
Steam review · 80.9 h played ↗
Missing engine types and restrictive limits
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“No support for diesel.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Interior and car design editor is frustrating
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The engine creation is fine, but I refunded the game after struggling with the poor interior creation.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Updates break or delete saved cars
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“70 hours spent and an update deleted 3/4 of my vehicles and engines.”
Steam review · 72.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7, 8, 10 - 64 bit
ProcessorDual Core
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsSupport Shader Model 5.0 (Intel HD4000 Integrated, Geforce 400 Series, Radeon HD2000 Series)
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64 Bit
ProcessorRecent Intel i5/i7 or AMD 6 core or better
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD 290x or nVidia 970GTX or Better
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 7, 8, 10 - 64 bit
ProcessorDual Core
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsSupport Shader Model 5.0 (Intel HD4000 Integrated, Geforce 400 Series, Radeon HD2000 Series)
Storage30 GB available space
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