BeamNG.drive V0.39.3 Release Notes (7th August 2026)

Vehicles

• Cherrier Ardente
  • Fixed rear fog light not breaking
  • Fixed tailgate not always closing depending on which sub-parts are fitted to it
  • Fixed the wrong ESC part on the Carminsport config
  • Added sport exhaust and upgraded brake pads to top trim configs
  • Fixed missing transfer case and driveshaft meshes for the RWD transfer case
  • Added anti-lag and passenger seats to rally configs
  • Fixed hard-coded license plate text on the S 310 config
  • Fixed rear-quarter glass not breaking under some conditions
  • Fixed dual exhaust tips being labeled as single
  • Fixed the hood disintegrating when the retractable spoiler falls off
• Hirochi SBR4
  • Improved stability of the hillclimb front splitter
  • Fixed missing meshes on the eSBR front bumper
• Hirochi Sunburst
  • Fixed “Polizia” config being categorized as a sedan instead of a wagon
  • Improved behavior of hood scoop attachment beams
• Gavril D-Series
  • Fixed dual-filament headlights where low-beam brightness was as high as high-beam brightness
  • Fixed the Diesel Drag config being unable to restart the engine after it was turned off
• Gavril T-Series
  • Fixed air suspension height adjustment not working on certain airbag tandem suspension setups
• Ibishu Hopper
  • Added door panels to “Trackday” config
• ETK K-Series
  • Fixed broken translation string on “Turbo Rabbit Side Skirts”
• Gavril Roamer
  • Fixed missing right tailgate light guard
• Ibishu Pessima
  • Fixed trunk license plate light locations
• Ibishu Miramar
  • Fixed incorrect mesh assignment for GTz headlight surrounds
• Moved welcome screens to CEF
  • This frees up the glowmap to be used for dimming. Affected vehicles are: Cherrier Vivace/Tograc, Cherrier Ardente, Bruckell Bastion, Hirochi eSBR
• Cherrier FCV Platform
  • Improved behavior of new engine damage deformGroups
  • Adjusted final drive ratios on multiple configs
• Fixed wobbling issues on some vehicle tow hitches
• Fixed street lights still working after being broken off
• Added basic screen dimming behavior to vehicles featuring LED screens and gauges

Cameras

• Fixed an issue where the free camera roll value was kept from the previous camera
• Fixed driver camera not moving correctly when looking back in RHD vehicles
• Cleanup of freecam rings and settings
  • Version 0.39 added a new feature called Camera Rings:
    • All vehicle cameras (orbit, driver, hood, etc.) were on one ring
    • All freeroam cameras (free, cinematic, steadycam, drone) were on another ring
    • You can switch between rings using Ctrl+C. You can cycle through cameras in a ring using C
  • This hotfix now adds proper support for options:
    • Free cameras can be sorted and enabled like vehicle cameras
    • Drone camera is now a vehicle camera and supports camera controls (tilt, move, etc.)
    • Steadycam now has options for shake strength, camera height, and default field of view

Launcher

• Fixed broken text in the support tool
• Safe Mode now supports DX11 as a fallback for GPUs with 4 GB of VRAM or less, which is below the minimum requirements

Physics

• Improved all three new aerodynamics systems

Vehicle AI & Traffic

• Fixed driveInLane not being kept when switching away from traffic mode

Rendering

• Fixed crash in texture streaming
• Fixed trailing shadows behind moving cars when viewing from far away
• Fixed multi-monitor rendering issues
• Some D3D12 Intel drivers are causing excessive VRAM usage, which can lead to OOM and unsatisfactory performance.
  • As a temporary workaround please use Vulkan or D3D11

Game Engine

• Fixed initial long loading times caused by terrain cooking when it wasn’t needed
• Fixed a startup crash on some laptops using Windows on Arm

Audio

• Fixed interior sounds changing after reloading Lua and then immediately reloading the vehicle
• Fixed mod sounds being too loud

Vehicle Systems

• Fixed incorrect spoiler behavior on Scintilla

Input & Force Feedback

• Fixed an issue where gamepad steering didn’t work while holding both shoulder buttons

Missions

• Updated new mission creation dates

Early Preview: Career Mode

• Fixed memory corruption/crash when saving vehicle thumbnails
• Refueling UI now properly supports vehicles with multiple tanks
• Fixed delivery mode rewards when delivering late-game materials
• Blocked users from deleting the last save of a career profile

User Interface

• HUD apps no longer take over the controller thanks to new UINav capabilities
• The Options menu now supports manual apply logic, which can currently be found in Display options
• Improved BngButton to better handle controller hold events in some situations
• Added configs list to the vehicle config save screen
• Fixed style leak that prevented hold button styles from showing in some situations
• Updated main menu slideshow position to improve appearance on ultrawide screens
• Added AI actions back to the radial menu
• Fixed being unable to select a day length of 24 hours
• Fixed syntax errors in Latin American Spanish that prevented access to some UI screens
• Translations with fatal syntax errors now fall back to en_US
• Minor fix for BngSmartSelect to prevent warnings to the console when in Options
• Fixed broken markup in “Enable VR” on non-Vulkan APIs
• Fixed traffic spawned through the radial menu not spawning any police vehicles
• Fixed the Freeroam Selector not applying the selected vehicle paints in some cases
• Increased the maximum limit for some traffic settings
• Fixed opening Options via a binding so it navigates to the new options screen
• Fixed clicking the folder icon in the Replay app to properly navigate to the correct route
• Fixed vehicle interaction preventing the mission popup from opening
• Fixed an issue in Vehicle Config where pressing Escape after opening a dropdown with an invisible selected part could leave part of the vehicle, or the vehicle itself, invisible
• Fixed warnings being spammed in the console when clicking the Career button in the main menu
• UINav no longer allows stuck navigation repeat in some cases
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the main menu from loading
• Stripped deprecated or unknown properties from HUD app positions
• In Options > User Interface, enabled manual apply for UI resolution, alignment, scale, and safe zones
• Implemented a new scalable metrics system for HUD apps and improved layout editor UI
• Fixed scrolling to the selection in dropdown lists and similar cases
• Added thumbstick scroll to the parts configurator and paint accordions
• Added a “Spawn Vehicle” button to “Manage Vehicles” card in the pause menu
• Replaced multiple AI mode buttons with a simple select control when managing a vehicle
• Finished cleaning up the replay functionality transition
• Fixed thumbstick scroll in the part selector
• Tuning now allows thumbstick X-axis to navigate the menu, keeping Y-axis released for steering as before
• Fixed Replay timings not showing in the HUD
• Removed the vehicle info card from the Manage Vehicles screen
• Moved the NPC AI setting to the pause menu Vehicles card and improved gamepad support
• QoL improvements for the tuning telemetry panel

Gameplay

• Freeroam Tutorial Fixes
  • Fixed the vehicle selector being broken when changing grouping mode during the freeroam tutorial
  • You can now use Ctrl+E and Ctrl+W to open the vehicle/parts selector in lessons that require these menus to skip opening the pause menu first
• Achievement Fixes
  • Fixed the achievements “Performance Review”, “Policy Review”, “Picture Perfect”, “First Paycheck”, “First Assignment”, “Six-Figure Club”, and “High End Performance” not triggering in all cases
  • Fixed “Filling up the Tank” triggering in some cases when it shouldn’t
• Fixed a drag race error regarding the stop phase and an issue with the crawl recovery system
• Fixed a temperature bug in the timeslip that caused a Fahrenheit conversion to be applied twice
• Added new previews and thumbnails for crawl intro missions in West Coast, USA
• Fixed incorrect rotation when resetting crawl missions
• Fixed too-permissive checkpoints in crawl system
• Fixed an issue with the performance index system not reading the correct data
• Fixed vehicle selector breaking during the Freeroam Tutorial when including the default.pc config

Levels

• West Coast, USA
  • Fixed missing building collision
  • Fixed sidewalk holes around a district
  • Fixed grass showing through tunnel floor
  • Fixed inverted collision on the s_conc_wall_001_400x400 mesh
• East Coast, USA
  • Fixed misplaced building
  • Adjusted road speed limits in the township
• Hirochi Raceway
  • Fixed prepped_asphalt ground placement at the drag strip
  • Fixed signage at the drag strip start
• Italy
  • Fixed a tree too close to an intersection in town
• Utah
  • Fixed map boundary on the broken bridge

Modding

• Fixed a freeze in level/vehicle selector when a zipped mod with a non-UTF-8 encoded filename is installed

Linux

• Fixed “Constellation Line Labels” option not showing any labels

Lua API

• Fixed a dealer being not quite my tempo

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an error that occurred when a JBeam part had an empty description

Settings

• Fixed an issue where the multiseat player tags setting was ignored

Photo Mode

• Improvements:
  • Photo Mode now has a persistent mode (enabled by default, configurable in the Capture tab)
    • When enabled, leaving and re-entering Photo Mode will restore all settings such as camera, scene, effects, etc.
    • When disabled, a pop-up will ask you to confirm when attempting to leave Photo Mode
  • When using mouse or keyboard in compact mode, there are now sliders for field of view and roll, as well as upload toggles
  • Added a “Speed Camera” overlay that displays current vehicle and level data and looks like a speed ticket
• Fixes:
  • You can now upload both to Steam and BeamNG Media Server at the same time
  • When uploading to Steam, the image will additionally be saved locally