Just discovered BeamNG, have a few questions!

Hi all,

I am a Rig of Rods gamer and enjoyed the soft body physics model of it. Well while unable to sleep last night I stumbled across BeamNG Drive videos on YouTube and really want to play it!

I looked at the home page and there is a free tech demo option but also a $20 option for what I presume is the full game? It says early access so i'm not sure if it is or not? Also once I d/l it I presume I can download extra cars from the forum?

Thanks all.

 

$20 will get you early access to the Alpha version, as well as the full version when it comes out. And yes, you could then get all the stuff from the mods section.

 

Ok thanks, so I take it the full version isn't released yet? When is it coming out?

 

We dont know but we will see.

 

When it's ready

 

Yes when it"s ready.

 

But recently the version numbers (each update) are climbing fast from 0.7 to 0.8(Currently), then 0.9, then 1.0

 

Welcome
The $20 version will give to access to the full game at the moment, you will get every update and eventually the full non-alpha version when it comes out.
So basically if you get this it will grant you access to everything in the future.
Maybe check if your computer can handle it first though.

 

And that 20$ is totaly worth it!

 

Thank you all. Yes I understand games take time to develop, was just curious as of course I'm excited like I expect you are

I will check the specs against my PC, but I'm pretty sure it will run it.

 

You can tell your specs in this thread here: http://www.beamng.com/threads/imagi...is-run-beamng-thread.33364/page-2#post-503172
That way users may predict how well your game would run.

 

The early access version is fun but a bit outdated. It also depends on your computer. If you could run RoR ok, then you'd probably be interested in the full version, but if you have a little laptop, the tech demo is probs better.

 

Checked out my specs, all fine. I have 6GB RAM instead of the 8 recommended for high speed use but apart from that I'm in line with the high speed specs.

 

That is not how version numbers work. The . Is not a decimal place. It is just a separator for release and patch numbers. From 0.9 you do not go to 1.0 unless making a full release, you go to 0.10 and 0.11. is also possible to jump from 0.4 to 1.0 as after 4 patches you've hit release time. Common scheme is x.x.x.x, where its Major Version, Minor Version/Revision, Patch/hotfix number, build number. So 7.0.3.354 is a perfectly valid version number. Build numbers are dropped frequently as they get insanely high. Build numbers on the work project get updated every time the server tries to make a build, which it does many many times per day. Sometimes the patch/hotfix numbers are dropped, though Beam does use them, we're on 0.8.1 as theres been 1 hotfix to 0.8. I suspect january we will have 0.8.2. But its hypothetical beam might reach 0.13.2 before it gets its 1.0 release.
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What specs do you have

 

To back him up, look at Minecraft. It's at version 1.11.1

 

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What specs do you have[/QUOTE]

Ok The game for fast running requires:

• CPU: High-end Intel i5/i7 or High-end AMD 6 Core or better
• RAM: 8GB DDR3
• GPU: GTX 780 or better
• Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (64 bit) or newer

I have

• CPU: Intel i5 650 @ 3.20Ghz
  
• RAM: 6GB (What is DDR3?)
  
• GPU: NBot sure what this is but my graphics device is NVIDIA Geforce GTS 240
  
• Windows 7 64 bit

Now I bought and installed it yesterday and had a quick go, love it! The only issue is it is playing a bit slow. I got a notification up saying I had less than 2GB free memory left so clicked it and it told me to turn off the SSAO so I did that and I also set the graphics resolution to "Lowest" and that has helped a ton, but it's still like playing the game in slow motion, especially on the scenic levels.

I'm thinking that my graphics card only being a GTS 240 is a bit slow? In the mean time is there anything else I can adjust to speed the graphics on the game up? Thanks

 

Ah, your system is quite aged. You won't have that great of an experience. That i5 (which is the oldest and slowest i5) might be able to barely hold up, but yes your graphics card is definitely the bottleneck here.

The best option would be to upgrade your system, but on your system the best you can do is play on the less-graphically intensive maps like 'Grid Map', the 'ETK Experience' map, and 'Hirochi Raceway'.

 

Great, thanks for the reply. I guessed it was that (The PC is a 2010 model, it's done me well!) but I intend to either upgrade it to, or buy a designated gaming PC next year so I'll be looking forward to enjoying it more.

One more question: For free roaming or scenario's, am I able to add CPU controlled cars that will drive around?