Optimization

Will the game get better optimization in the future, since its not finished?

 

Yes that is the current goal, right now the game is very CPU heavy and you need a high end computer to run it well, but in the future alot of game calculations may be off-loaded to the GPU making it better optimized and easier to run.

 

Most probably yes, current state of the game is way much better than previous versions i can say, however multicore optimizations or off-loading to the GPU may take some time.Also maybe devs can implement DX12 to the game engine in near future, which will drastically improve the whole game performance.

 

Actually, I was running the CPU side of it fine on an i3 2120 (aside from the T75, of course, this was almost a year ago, before a bunch of optimizations). The problem (which I've confirmed with multiple other players) is something on the graphics side seems to hold a lot of users back.

 

I thought it was still pinned down the the CPU but much has been improved, although more than 4-5 cars for most users makes it unplayable, the day that 10-15 cars can be run at 50-60fps on a meduim-high gaming rig is the day that it will be "optimized"

 

It's definitely the graphics side that's holding back. On the plain grid, I can have five Miramars and a T75 at the same time without dropping below 60, but on ECUSA I can't run more than 2 cars if both of them are onscreen near the city/town. The whole graphics engine needs a lot of work to be honest, it really should be their top priority.

 

That's awesome. Thanks for the reply.

 

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Totally agree. Another thing is the vehicle textures are all 2048 as far as I know. A car like the Burnside as beautiful
as it is takes a lot to render graphically, nevermind the jbeam!

 

beamNG is super overpowered, my pc runs beamNG not the best while a insane game like fallout 4 or Crysis 3 will run 55 fps at 1080p at medium settings

 

Heavy and intense? Impressive

 

Thanks for the info! I often wondered about the draw calls, I didn't know it had to draw each layer effectively drawing the car 4 times! But that is to be expected in a program as advanced as BeamNG, I have a meh CPU the FX 8350 by AMD, its the top of the line, but AMD CPUs are far under-powered.

Most of the AAA games use alot of "cheating" techniques to bring your beautiful graphics but the game is not as advanced as BeamNG and this is why you can get 60+ fps on Fallout 4 on a medium high computer. For example, other then handling graphics in BeamNG the computer is handling massive physics calculations usually done in non-realtime, Fallout 4 is not nearly as advanced (computationally) as BeamNG, Yes Fallout 4's graphics are far superior to BeamNG but computationally Fallout 4 is like a little baby.

The formula for most AAA games is highest graphics possible while maintaining the lowest computational burden possible (hence "cheating" physics) , this formula is the bread and butter of game company's. BeamNG is the opposite, maintain the highest computational output possible (hence realistic physics) while maintaining lowest graphical burden possible (within reason)