See what wheels look like before installing them.
This mod adds a preview tooltip when you hover over wheels in the parts selector dropdown. No more guessing what "15x7 Alder Royale Deep (Chrome)" looks like.
Features
- Wheel Preview - hover over any wheel in the dropdown to see what it looks like
- 682 stock wheels included - all standard wheels are pre-rendered and ready to go
- Author info - shows who made the wheel (BeamNG or mod author)
- Mod support - generate previews for any wheel mod with one console command
- For mod authors - include previews in your wheel mod for native support
How to use
- Subscribe or install the mod
- Spawn any vehicle
- Open Parts Config (Ctrl+W)
- Hover over any wheel in a dropdown - preview appears automatically
Generate previews for modded wheels (for players)
If you installed a wheel mod and want previews for those wheels:
- Load a clean map - I recommend Green Screen by Creamgravy
- Add a SkyBox to the scene (World Editor - F11), set its material to BlankWhite
- Disable dynamic reflections in graphics settings (recommended)
- Spawn a vehicle that has access to the modded wheels
- Open GE console ( ~ key) and run:
Important: Generation takes time. The script swaps wheels one by one and the vehicle will respawn multiple times - this is normal. On slower PCs this will take longer. Don't touch anything while it's running.Code:extensions.partInfo.generatePreviews()
Previews are saved to settings/partInfoPreviews/ in your BeamNG user folder.
For wheel mod authors
You can include preview images in your mod so all Wheel Preview users see them automatically:
- Install Wheel Preview and your wheel mod
- Follow the steps above to generate previews
- Copy the PNG files from settings/partInfoPreviews/ into your mod as art/partInfo/*.png
- Publish your mod - previews work out of the box for everyone!
For detailed instructions run in GE console:
Known issues & limitationsCode:extensions.partInfo.modderGuide()
- This mod is experimental - bugs and issues are expected
- Preview quality depends on the wheel's mesh and materials - some modded wheels may show artifacts
- Only wheel previews are available in this version
- Dark/black wheels may be harder to see
- Linux - manually generated previews may show broken lighting due to renderer differences on Linux. Pre-bundled stock wheel previews work fine.
Help me improve this mod!
If you have a favorite wheel pack, leave the mod name in the reviews and I'll add pre-rendered previews for it in a future update.
Bug reports and suggestions are welcome!
Credits
- Author: fylhtq7779
- Thanks to _N_S_ for the idea to use vdata for wheel mesh detection (v1.1)
- Thanks to Creamgravy for the Green Screen map used for preview generation
Experimental Wheel Preview 1.1.0
See how wheels look before installing - hover preview in the parts selector
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Recent Updates
- Improved wheel mesh detection using vdata May 20, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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Thanks for the feedback. I will try to find the problems and fix them.
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thx broo!
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Hi! Thank you very much
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Hi! Thank you so much for the nice words.
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Hi! Thank you very much!
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Hi, thanks for your feedback. I'll try to make things better.
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