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Game Folder & User Folder
- Game Folder – This is the folder where your game is installed
- User Folder – This is where your personal game files are stored
What is the User Folder?
This is a folder where the game stores your personal files, such as the cache, mods, level changes, settings etc.
Unlike the Game Folder, files of the user folder are being updated when you make changes to the game such as, for example, changing your the game’s resolution.
User folder location
DO NOT store your user folder in your game folder.
If you are using Steam, it may detect these unknown files and decide to remove them during update, the file verification process, or when you reinstall the game. This will cause you to lose all mods, settings, and custom content with no warning.
You can always find the current user folder location in Launcher -> Manage User Folder -> Open user folder
The structure of the user folder
The user folder normally contains:
Description
All files cached by the game, allows to speed up loading times
Description
Contains all mods, including repository downloads
Description
Replays recorded and saved in-game
Description
Screenshots taken in-game
Description
All the user settings, including Controls settings
Files
Vehicle Configurations
Description
The user-made vehicle configuration
Description
Anything saved in the World Editor
Folder
/levels/.. for level related saves and /flowEditor for Flowgraph saves
This separation allows for modifications without affecting the original installation, making it easier to return to the original state at any time.
Priority
The user folder’s structure mimics the one of the Game Folder. If a file exists in the same relative location in both folders, the one in the user folder will be loaded over the original.
How to change user folder location?
It may sometimes be necessary to change the user folder’s location.
Easy solution
- Create a new folder in the new location
- Open the launcher and navigate to
Manage user folder - Click on
Move to custom locationand find the relevant folder
Advanced solution
- Windows:
- Navigate to %LOCALAPPDATA%/BeamNG
- Linux:
- Navigate to ~/.local/share/BeamNG
- Find
BeamNG.drive.ini - Right click on it and
edit - Add
userFolder =and paste your new path to your user folder there
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Last modified:
September 18, 2025
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