Simulator games have a reputation of being buggy affairs but this is honestly one of the best polished games in the genre which is a miracle in and of itself. Although incredibly enough they’re nowhere near as bad as what you might be expecting. Wait, this button does what?ĭespite the game’s many high points, it does have some drawbacks to consider. It’s all a lot of fun to mess around with and it’ll certainly keep you occupied for dozens or even hundreds of hours to come. There’s just so much you can set up and plan in your attempts to create chases, races and of course the classic: ramming small cars into big trucks just to see what happens. The game has some pre built modules you can play through but making your own or playing high rated community options is a joy to experience. And to top it all off, the game comes with a built in editor so you can create and customize your own scenes and scenarios. And there are few words that can accurately describe how amazing it feels to pull of complicated maneuvers that would take a master years of experience to do in real life. There is enjoyment to be had here and the softbody collisions can be really incredible to watch, but don't go into BeamNG.Drive expecting a finished game, as its Steam page says it is at least 12 months from being feature complete.There’s no hand holding here, if you want to drive one of these incredible vehicles you’re going to have to do it for real. The sound is particularly lacking, as there isn't any music, and the car sound effects are clearly placeholders. There are only a handful of levels, no form of progression, only a couple of sparse game modes, and a whole suite of other missing features. Nothing felt unintentional or unexpected about the driving, just very precise with a high learning curveįair warning though: while BeamNG.Drive is currently a fun sandbox game, it is definitely an Early Access game. It took some time for me to adjust to how the game wanted me to play, but once I did I found there was actually a deeper level of control over what I could make the cars do. I was confused why driving over simple speed bumps would tear my car to pieces, until I realized I was trying to drive over them at 60+ MPH-a feat completely achievable in a game like Grand Theft Auto 5, but near suicide in the real world.

I could noticeably feel the difference between heavy cars and light cars, between a stock engine and a souped up one.

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