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With the long weeks of winter coming to an end we’re ready to release our update to bring BeamNG.drive to version 0.16. This release sees several improvements and additions to the game. We are releasing our first fully electric vehicle for BeamNG.drive, the eSBR. In addition to being fitted with an electric drivetrain and battery system it has also been given a major facelift, giving it an appropriately modern look and feel. Our team has had a lot of fun pushing this car to its limits and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Italy is also receiving some additions, as promised when we launched 0.15 in December 2018. We have completed the port area of the main city, added the small coastal village of Portino and improved the appearance of the airport, fortress and castle. Italy is now also dotted with petrol stations and electric charging facilities as well as having several new offroad trails for you to explore. The local residents are also happy to have access to a new hospital and the protection afforded by fire and police stations.
Under the hood the team has continued to optimise several areas of the game. We now have a UI that can render up to 60fps. Optimisations to our physics engine have resulted in performance gains of up to 10%. Combined with improvements to the rendering engine that have reduced stuttering, your driving experience should become a lot smoother.
On the audio side of things, we are releasing support for 5.1 surround sound. The team has also been hard at work to bring scrape effects, transmission whine and a new dynamic muffling parameter into the game to continue the work of making our cars sound as good as they handle. Work on tuning these new effects is still on-going so expect to hear improvements in the coming releases.
This release also includes new and tweaked game scenarios, enhancements to several vehicles and a bunch of bug fixes and quality of life improvements. The full changelog can be found below. We hope you enjoy the results of the team’s hard work and as usual please let us know what you think on the forums!
The map has received a new hospital, fire and police stations:
The castle and fortress have been updated
Small trails have been added throughout the map for more offroad fun
The airport building and surroundings have been renewed and more detail added
Portino village has been added as a new location
Petrol stations and electric vehicle charging stations have been added
The port area has been updated
Some rural areas have had their walls renovated or removed
Boats in the water on shores now have animation to rock on the swell
Added beach access across the map
Added small ports to the two towns by the ocean
Added entering/exiting signs to all named locations
Added level of detail and collision meshes to several buildings that missed them in the initial release (mainly industrial structures)
Improved some object meshes (such as details on trees)
Some minor improvements to materials to reduce tiling
Fixed various bugs such as floating trees, bushes, signs
Fixed some collision meshes that were eating cars and others that missed them entirely
Fixed some collision meshes that gave problems
Added decal roads on road borders to the small villages
Fixed Portino village town base to better fit with terrain
Corrected signs directions to cities through the map
eSBR: Added new, electric variant of SBR4
D/H-Series/Roamer: Added 6.0L diesel V8 and diesel 5spd transmission options to Gavril D-Series pickup, H-Series van, and Roamer
Hopper: Added off-road bumpers, bumper mounted spare tire carrier, and rock sliders to “Custom” variant
T-Series: Added ‘Heatshield’ sub-part to ‘Exhaust stacks’. Added 4 exhaust variants and 3 heatshield variants. Added ability to install a single exhaust. ‘Exhaust stacks’ are now a sub-part of the engine. Left and right exhausts are now merged for easier tuning
Sunburst: Tweaked body shape. Added widebody quarter panels/doors/fenders/bumpers for all AWD models (FWD models are narrowbody)
Moonhawk: Tweaked body shape
Roamer: Tweaked body shape
H-Series: Tweaked body shape
Miramar: Tweaked body shape. Moved seating position towards center of car. Adjusted front bumper and air dam so they no longer conflict
ETK 800: Tweaked body shape
ETK K-Series: Added colourable ‘Sport Trim’ part
Box Utility: Revisited textures. Fixed minor UV map issues
Covet: Tweaked body shape
SBR4: Added new interior skins
Added glass weight (200BX, Autobello, Barstow, Bolide, Burnside, Covet, Hopper, Legran, ‘88 Pessima, ‘98 Pessima, SBR4, Sunburst, other vehicles still WIP). Removing glass from the body now saves weight
Added final drive gear ratio parts for all vehicles for more customization potential
200BX: Increased CG height
Autobello: Improved exhaust tip rigidity. Reduced likelihood of fuel catching fire
Barstow: Improved deformation. Narrowed suspension track width
Bolide: Fixed hood wobbling while driving. Added shorter final drive for base model. Added quick ratio race steering
Burnside: Improved deformation. Reworked/simplified body mounts. Fixed suspension instability with some wheels. Increased radiator effectiveness
Covet: Decreased curb weight by 40kg and increased CG height
D/H-Series/Roamer: Added more configurations. Dually wheels converted to actual dual wheel structures. Increased engine crash strength. Reduced rigidity of frame and body/bed attachment to allow more frame flex
ETK800/ETK-K: Increased I6 inertia. Reduced engine torque at <1000rpm. Fixed ETK-K not having a transfer case mesh. Changed exhaust tip configuration
ETKI: Increased CG height
Hopper: Reduced strength of body and frame. Increased spare tire mount rigidity. Improved skid plate structure. Converted steering to use torsionHydro beam. Increased engine inertia
LeGran: Fixed rear sport drum brakes showed as disks
Miramar: Improved deformation. Increased race engine inertia
Moonhawk: Improved deformation. Reworked/simplified body mounts
‘98 Pessima: Overhauled/optimized structure. Separated front and rear subframes. Improved deformation
Pigeon: Added friction to stabilizer wheels. Improved stabilizer wheels and mounting. Fixed vehicle damaging itself on spawn
SBR4: Improved deformation. Added shorter final drive for base model. Reduced engine inertia
Semi: Added more configurations. Converted steering to use torsionHydro beam. Fixed front hub mesh stretching in crashes. Fixed axle inter-shaft breaking when the rearmost axle droops
Sunburst: Tweaked CVT behavior
Reduced wobbliness of intake snorkels
Added more peak grip to race tires
Converted all vehicle swaybars to use torsionBar beams
Use dampCutoffHz in all suspension dampers
Changed all vehicle bumpstops to be deformable when landing hard
Changed all vehicle bumpstops to use new more accurate positioning method (precompressionRange)
Added torsionBar beams to steering arms to improve steering rigidity
Minor changes to suspension tuning for all cars
Reduced compression stiffness of many tires
Changed some part descriptions for better naming consistency across all vehicles
Fixed instability with high tire pressure on Ibishu alloy wheels
Fixed specular creating errors for German and Italian license plates caused by missing sprite
Small fixes to roofrack part textures
Tweaked ‘mirror’ material for better visibility
Fixed vehicle lights not turning off when they are broken off
Fixed ESC/TC not working correctly with vehicles that have more than 4 wheels
Improved friction caused engine lock detection
Improved combustion engine braking logic
Only automatically restart stalled engines if the throttle is pressed
Fixed launch control not deactivating correctly in some cases
Fixed clutch thermals not being able to be deactivated
Changed differential friction to act on input rather than output
Improved damping calculation for locked differentials
Increased damping in clutches
Added input actions for changing ESC modes up and down instead of toggle only
Reduced runtime memory allocations of vehicles. This reduces micro-lag spikes
Implemented advanced jbeam value merging strategies:
-start a jbeam key with $+, $*, $< or $> to enable addition, multiplication min or max instead of outright overwriting a previous value (only works for simple key:value pairs where the value is a number)
-example: use “$+mainGain”: 10 in a subpart to have an already existing mainGain value from a parent part be increased by 10
