<s>
BeamNG.drive	B-Language
is	O
a	O
vehicle	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bremen-based	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
BeamNG	B-Language
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
initially	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
tech	O
demo	O
on	O
3	O
August	O
2013	O
along	O
with	O
paid	O
access	O
to	O
an	O
alpha	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
Steam	O
Early	O
Access	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
on	O
29	O
May	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeamNG.drive	B-Language
features	O
various	O
gameplay	O
modes	O
and	O
scenarios	O
such	O
as	O
campaigns	O
and	O
a	O
time	O
trial	O
mode	O
,	O
aside	O
from	O
free	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Completing	O
missions	O
awards	O
the	O
player	O
in-game	B-Application
currency	I-Application
and	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
experience	O
points	O
:	O
Branch	O
EXP	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
experience	O
points	O
gained	O
within	O
specific	O
branches	O
,	O
and	O
Beam	O
EXP	O
,	O
the	O
overall	O
amount	O
of	O
experience	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeamNG.drive	B-Language
uses	O
soft-body	O
physics	O
to	O
simulate	O
vehicle	O
dynamics	O
and	O
collisions	O
between	O
objects	O
and	O
other	O
vehicles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
relies	O
heavily	O
on	O
coding	O
in	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
and	O
uses	O
packets	O
of	O
local	O
data	O
using	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
network	O
system	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vehicles	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
consist	O
of	O
a	O
soft-body	O
node-beam	O
structure	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
in	O
Rigs	B-Language
of	I-Language
Rods	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
some	O
Rigs	B-Language
of	I-Language
Rods	I-Language
developers	O
gathered	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
improve	O
upon	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
with	O
a	O
new	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeamNG	B-Language
opened	O
its	O
website	O
,	O
beamng.com,	O
on	O
8	O
May	O
2012	O
to	O
deliver	O
news	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
BeamNG	B-Language
released	O
a	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
video	I-General_Concept
entitled	O
"	O
Revolutionary	O
soft-body	O
physics	O
in	O
CryEngine3	B-Application
"	O
that	O
featured	O
the	O
vehicle	O
deformation	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
BeamNG.drive	B-Language
was	O
to	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
CryEngine	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
but	O
its	O
use	O
in	O
a	O
driving	O
game	O
uncovered	O
numerous	O
bugs	O
,	O
leading	O
development	O
to	O
be	O
rolled	O
over	O
to	O
Torque	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
BeamNG	B-Language
’s	O
sixth	O
car	O
,	O
Bruckell	O
Moonhawk	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
premiere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
June	O
2018	O
,	O
BeamNG	B-Language
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Camshaft	O
Software	O
,	O
Developers	O
of	O
Automation	B-Application
,	O
revealing	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
an	O
exporter	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
export	O
vehicles	O
made	O
within	O
Automation	B-Application
as	O
fully	O
driveable	O
vehicles	O
in	O
BeamNG.drive	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
BeamNG	B-Language
announced	O
they	O
were	O
ceasing	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
32-bit	O
branch	O
as	O
of	O
alpha	O
release	O
0.25	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jack	O
Stewart	O
of	O
BBC	O
mentioned	O
that	O
BeamNG.drive	B-Language
"	O
has	O
received	O
interest	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
industry	O
to	O
model	O
vehicle	O
stunts	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
prototyped	O
and	O
tested	O
exhaustively	O
–	O
but	O
cheaply	O
–	O
before	O
a	O
stunt	O
driver	O
smashes	O
up	O
a	O
car	O
on	O
set.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Polygon	O
's	O
Nick	O
Robinson	O
lauded	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
simulated	O
physics	O
and	O
user-created	O
content	O
support	O
,	O
leading	O
him	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
38-episode	O
video	O
series	O
for	O
Polygon	O
,	O
"	O
Car	O
Boys	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
he	O
and	O
Griffin	O
McElroy	O
spotlighted	O
new	O
BeamNG.drive	B-Language
content	O
each	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automobile	O
magazine	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
its	O
diverse	O
selection	O
of	O
vehicles	O
and	O
its	O
realistic	O
crash	O
physics	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
IIHS	O
has	O
nothing	O
on	O
BeamNG.drive.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2023	O
BeamNG.Drive	B-Language
was	O
ranked	O
30th	O
on	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
highest-rated	O
Steam	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
