

It was greenlit on Steam on Februand released to Early Access on May 29, 2015. The first public alpha was version 0.3, which debuted in August 2013.

BeamNG.drive is also very moddable and edit-friendly due to being built in the Torque 3D engine. It is meant to be as realistic as possible when it comes to vehicle behaviour. BeamNG.drive note NG standing for "Next Generation" as it is the Spiritual Successor to Rigs of Rods is a car game that makes use of "advanced softbody physics", which means a use of so-called beams and nodes to make up a vehicle (which can bend, deform and break from collisions).
