BeamNG.drive Shows Drifting Teaser For Upcoming Update

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Anything goes in BeamNG.drive: The continually-evolving sandbox driving simulation has something for everyone - and the latest teaser should get the attention of drift fans in particular.

It has been a while since the latest update for BeamNG.drive has dropped. Version 0.31 launched right before Christmas in 2023, and since then, a few teasers have been show with an official announcement yet to follow. In early April, a big truck hauling seemingly heavy freight on not one, but two trailers at the same time was shown as "Work In Progress".

The latest teaser is quite a different animal, however. Developer BeamNG took to their Twitter (or X) account to show video of a drift run up a mountainside highway. Shown from the cockpit camera perspective, the run looks impressively smooth. The car is supposedly a drift version of the game's 200BX.


Meanwhile, the short video also shows the car to have improved mirrors, which many of the game's fans should be happy about, judging by the reactions on the post.

What exactly the update includes and when it is going to launch remain open questions, however. Our own Connor Minniss has recently voiced his hopes for a proper racing update to the title - could the checkered flag used at the end of the post hint at that as well? Time will tell, but we will keep our eyes peeled.

What are you hoping for in the next BeamNG.drive update? Let us know on Twitter @OverTake_gg or in the comments below!
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who cares? any good driving/racing simulation you should be able to drift in, but drifting is like for the 1% sub culture that wants to make more noise than the rest of the community, [like vegans].
But good drifting says a lot about the physics (and it's getting better all the time).
I totally suck at drifting.
 
who cares? any good driving/racing simulation you should be able to drift in, but drifting is like for the 1% sub culture that wants to make more noise than the rest of the community, [like vegans].
If I'd call any simulation sub culture "vegans" in this context, that would be exactly small closed circuit racers.
Not that I'm a huge fan of drifting, but any decent sim absolutely has to have it done right to be called a sim in the first place. And apart from the actual drifting with huge angles there is also rallying (now that is the activity I absolutely respect).
 

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