Nerds Rejoice: 'BeamNG.drive' Launches On PS5

Today’s the day! BeamNG has been released on PlayStation 5, and to celebrate this incredible technical achievement, we’ve compiled a few handy tips for your console-crashing adventures. At the same time, a new update has been released for the PC edition of the game (V0.40), and the Beam team will develop both versions concurrently going forward. To learn about the key features of V0.40, check out our accompanying article here, and if you want to find out our early thoughts on the PS5 version of BeamNG, head here.  How to modify your car and save it as a separate buildModifying your car is one of BeamNG’s greatest joys. In free-roam, you can change your chosen vehicle’s appearance and performance at no cost (unlike career mode). To do this, pause the game and head to the Vehicle Config menu. Here, you can scroll through a multitude of options for your car, selecting different engine, suspension, tyre, differential, bodywork, and gearbox configurations (among many, many others). You can also change the paint colour (see further down this article for more detail on this) and save your build as a separate entity.

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