Beta Ford Engines 2026.01.02

Unfortunately, I haven't messed with the sounds much. I use the sound that is exported from Automation and just lower the overall volume (because the exports are really loud). I haven't done anything with the muffling. If you are familiar with editing the JBeam files, there is a section for soundConfig and soundConfigExhaust where those settings can be adjusted. It looks like BeamNG has some good documentation on it, however, I haven't gotten the chance to read through all of it. Documentation Link: https://docs.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/sections/sounds/engine_audio/

Which vehicle config were you trying to spawn when the issue happened? Please note that some of the vehicle configs are for mods and if the mod isn't installed, the config won't spawn. For example, to spawn a config from the "Ford Mustang GT ('65)", the mod created by Fordster needs to be installed and enabled (download link is here https://2fast.racing/forums/resources/1965-ford-mustang-gt-coupe.128/). If you have any issues with spawning BeamNG configs, please DM the name(s) of the config(s).

Thanks for the review. In the early days of my mod, yes, only engines were apart of it. However, since a lot of the engine requests were from specific vehicles and when researching a specific engines the same articles/specification sheets contain the information about the entire vehicle, I decided to make the vehicle configs along with it. I do agree that the engine sounds aren't very unique. Th audio files used is what is exported from Automation when I make the engine.

Thank you for the detail review.

Thank you for reporting. I would suggest trying the common troubleshooting step of clearing cache (how-to steps are outlined in this BeamNG article: https://documentation.beamng.com/support/launcher_support_tools/clear_cache/) or uninstalling/reinstalling the mod. If you continue to experience issues, please let me know.

Thanks for the review. I will add that engine to the list. Hopefully Automation supports diesel in the future because I would like to add all of Ford's PowerStroke engines.

Thanks for the review.
Yes, I've noticed that too for how all the engines sound very similar to each other, especially the V8s. I use the sound files that export from Automation. In Automation, each engine sounds very unique, however, something either with the export and/or how BeamNG produces sounds in-game makes the engines sound very similar to each other. Another thing I've noticed that the volume of the engines vary in loudness, even though I've set the volume inside the jbeam files to be the exact same. I wish I knew what was causing these and would be open to suggestions if people have a solution.

Yes, I will add this to my to do list of future engines to add. I currently don't have an estimated time frame of when it will be added to the mod.

Thank you for reporting. This is a known issue where if a user tries loading a mod vehicle config without the mod vehicle installed, it will break the game because it tries loading a non-existent file. The solution is to download the mod vehicle or not launch that config. For example, the 65stang can be downloaded here: https://2fast.racing/forums/resources/1965-ford-mustang-gt-coupe.128/. I'm currently working on splitting up my mod to include the vanilla BeamNG vehicles and support for mod vehicles in 2 separate mods on the this repository.

I do already have a config of the 427 FE engine of the 1966 Ford GT40 on the Bolide. I will make sure to add the entire FE engine family at some point in the future.

Thank you for the review. I'm glad you are enjoying the mod.

Thank you for the review. Currently this is the only mod I have on the repository so there's not a version with just the engines and no configs, however, that could be something I could look into.

I personally haven't played career mode since I know it's still in a work-in-progress phase so I'm not sure of what the user interface looks like. Does career mode have the option of the Part Selector like in free roam or is the layout different? For reference, in free roam, you can choose the engine family (ex. "Ford Triton V8 Engines") under the Engine part category (which will default to a specific engine variant) and then you can choose the engine variant under the Engine Variant part category (ex. "5.4L V8 - 2000 (SVT Cobra R)"). Please DM me if you have further questions and I will be happy to try to help.

Thank you for the review again.

I agree that having realistic radiators and transmissions would be better for the realism effect. The reason why I made tunable transmissions was so that I could get the correct gear ratios when making the vehicle configs without making the parts lists super long. Alternatively, I would have had to make a separate transmission for each config. Since you brought it up, though, I will look into maybe providing Ford's most notable transmissions with their respective gear ratios as not-tunable transmissions.

I will make sure the Ford Taurus SHO's engines are added to the requested engines list.

Unfortionally, I haven't made Ford's Duratec 3.3L V6 yet. I will make sure to add that to the list of requested engines.

The names you listed are the folder names for mod vehicles (created by different authors, not me) that I have added support to for my mod. Those folders contain the data for the configs to show up in the Vehicle Selector and the engine(s) to be available in the Parts Selector for that mod vehicle. The "ghost" cars happen when the corresponding mod vehicle isn't installed/enabled. Please note that it isn't required to install these mod vehicles for my mod to work. If you don't have the mod vehicles installed/enable, my mod will still work normally for every default BeamNG vehicle, and only just won't be able to spawn the nonexistent mod vehicle. For people who do have the mod vehicle(s) installed, my mod will function on the mod vehicle as it does with the default BeamNG vehicles.

Currently, my mod already has the following Mustang II engines/configs (all added to the Bruckell Moonhawk):
-1974 Ford Mustang II with Cologne 2.8L V6
-1975 Ford Mustang II with Lima 2.3L I4
-1976 Ford Mustang II Cobra II with Windsor 5.0L V8
-1978 Ford Mustang II King Cobra with Windsor 5.0L V8

I will make sure to add the rest of the engine options and configs from the Mustang II's generation.

Yeah. I will make sure to add both the engine and vehicle config.

If you look under the "Contents of the Mod" spoiler, you will find a link to open an Excel spreadsheet with all the mod vehicles my mod supports and their corresponding creator and download links. Additionally, whenever I post an update for my mod that adds an engine and/or configuration for a mod vehicle, I provide a download link next to the mod's name.

If you want a Ford engine added to a particular Ford vehicle mod for BeamNG, please let me know.

Are you experiencing this on a particular car or all cars? Also, does this happen with a particular engine family/variant or all of them? You can DM me through this website by going to my profile and clicking "start a conversation" and I'll look into this issue more.