Looks like AMD just dropped the 32 core 64 thread threadripper 2nd generation. I'll say with this trend in about 3-4 years 16 - 32 core CPUs will be standard, then BeamNG can really shine! https://www.anandtech.com/show/1290...res-250w-x399-refresh?utm_source=notification
I agree. Given enough time, computers will be more than powerful enough to handle simulations like this. I don't know everything about this specific topic, but i would say that eventually the only limitation will be the game engine itself.
I reckon in about 3-4 years computers will be powerful enough to handle 7 cars of the original demo, yet the fully released version that it will be in 3-4 years with all of these optimisations and if we're very lucky some graphics improvements.