{"id":199300,"date":"2022-08-26T16:53:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=199300"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:29:58","slug":"drive-better-in-beamng-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/drive-better-in-beamng-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Top tier tips to drive better in BeamNG.drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BeamNG.Drive is the most fun you\u2019ll have behind the wheel of a virtual vehicle. You can go anywhere, do anything, and tune each to your heart\u2019s content. Many people find their feet – or their wheels – quite easily with BeamNG.Drive, but for others, it takes a little bit more time. <\/p>\n\n\n

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There\u2019s nothing wrong with this. We all have games that we\u2019re inherently good at, and not everyone feels that way about driving games. No matter your level of experience or your playing style, here are a few top-tier tips <\/strong>to drive better in BeamNG.Drive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use a controller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Playing BeamNG.Drive on a keyboard is no joke. You have to contend with steering within the rigidity confines of a solid button, you don\u2019t have a sliding pedal of any kind to work with, and you need to keep track of so many buttons<\/strong>. You could always change the control setup so that you can decide which button does what and essentially create the perfect keyboard layout, but that takes time, and you still can\u2019t rely on fluid movements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best way to mitigate all of these issues is to hook a console controller up to your PC setup. This way, you can control your speed better with incremental acceleration. You\u2019ll also be able to steer better because you\u2019ll likely have a joystick<\/strong> to work with. This will make the steering feel a lot more responsive and fluid. Lastly, you won\u2019t have to contend with trying to remember infinite buttons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there\u2019s an even better way. If you can afford it, because these rigs are rather expensive, invest in a steering wheel and pedals<\/strong> for your PC. Now, you can drive your cars in BeamNG.Drive exactly the way you\u2019d drive any car in real-life. This definitely makes the game feel more realistic and gives you so much better control over the car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roam free in BeamNG.drive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With so many driving games, especially those on Android, you need to do a number of missions and levels before you can unlock the free roam game mode. BeamNG>Drive is not the same in this respect. With BeamNG.Drive, you get instant access ro the free roam game mode, and we encourage you to use it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking from experience, tensions tend to run relatively high during a mission<\/strong> with a points system and a list of objectives. You\u2019re stressed about finding a particular target on the map, driving without damaging your vehicle, or even just finding your way around the map.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, we suggest starting in free mode. Here, you can mess up, you can smash your car a few times, and you can get lost. In fact, you probably will. But the only way to find your way is to become lost in the first place. Free roam gives you the ability and the freedom to do all the things you need to do<\/strong> in order to become more comfortable playing the game. Practice your cornering at different speeds so that you can develop a little bit of an instinct about how to judge a corner and how to negotiate it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practice your launch so that if you\u2019re ever in a race, you know how to handle your car just right. To that point, free roam is also the best opportunity to get to know your car a little bit better. All of these things will help you become a better driver in the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Try as many cars as possible<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BeamNG.Drive gives you a decent selection of cars, especially if you count all the trim options that each car comes in. You\u2019ve also got access to hundreds of thousands of mods<\/strong> that introduce real-world cars into the game. In fact, if you want to put that entire download process aside and just build your own cars from scratch, you can do that too with Automation<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The point is, no matter which way you choose to play, you\u2019re spoiled for choice when it comes to vehicles. Why would you stick to just one? Trying out as many cars as you can when you first start the game will give you the best idea of what your ideal vehicular match is<\/strong>. Maybe you love the look of the Civetta Bolide, but when it coms down to it, you find it doesn\u2019t handle all too well. You can add that to the list of things you know about the various vehicles and base your decisions on that in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take it slow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t misunderstand me here, I don\u2019t mean drive slow. We all know we want to go fast when we play BeamNG.Drive. By \u2018take it slow\u2019, I mean explore the slow motion feature. If you\u2019ve played Need For Speed, you\u2019ll be familiar with the slow-motion feature. Essentially this feature is designed to be used when you are going at breakneck speeds<\/strong> and need to negotiate a particularly tricky corner or other feature of the environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hitting the slow motion trigger lets you move much slower, even though your car records the same speed on its speedometer. This is useful if you\u2019re in a race and need to avoid an obstacle – especially in the case of a street race on an active stretch of road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Replay and reload<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These two controls will be your best friends when you first start out. The first lets you retry a particular scenario. This is helpful if you can\u2019t seem to get a scenario right or if you want to challenge yourself to do it better, faster, or more efficiently. The second control is to reload your vehicle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you get into a little bit of trouble and end up upside down <\/strong>on the road – or worse, crushed by the force of your own collision – you\u2019ll be able to reload your car, which will put you the right side up on the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BeamNG.drive: Just drive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We can list options for you try till we are blue in the face. At the end of the day, the best way to gain competence in a specific task or area of experience is to practice. In BeamNG.Drive, practice loosely translates to go out there, get your game on, get into a vehicle, and tear up the streets. There\u2019s no better advice than that. Just drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of vehicles, be sure to check out our list of the best cars in BeamNG.drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BeamNG.Drive is the most fun you\u2019ll have behind the wheel of a virtual vehicle. You can go anywhere, do anything, and tune each to your heart\u2019s content. Many people find their feet – or their wheels – quite easily with BeamNG.Drive, but for others, it takes a little bit more time. There\u2019s nothing wrong with … Continue reading “Top tier tips to drive better in BeamNG.drive”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9222,"featured_media":199305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1018,2518],"tags":[3642,1617],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-199300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-guides","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionbeamng-drive","tag-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323305,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199300\/revisions\/323305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199300"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=199300"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=199300"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=199300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}