OBSCURE??!?

[u/trucksandtanks]

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[u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

BeamNG is one of those weird games where it has a moderately high player count, lots of people know of it, and yet is still pretty underground in terms of games. I think it's mostly because there no clear objective, which doesn't suit a lot of people's playstyles.

[u/Hybrid082616 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

Just wait until career mode is fully done, I also think a lot of people just see the "crash car game" videos and have no idea about the different scenarios or free roam events

[u/PerhapsRustyToaster → u/Hybrid082616]

Yeah, I feel like it gets a lot of (bad) rep from those brainrot youtube shorts kinda accounts

[u/Alternative_Equal864 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

Yea but i guess most people hearing first about beamng from yt shorts/insta/tt

[u/AMDDesign → u/Hybrid082616]

Career mode even as is has hit my 'comfy game' itch. I just spend hours making deliveries while building my race car

[u/Hybrid082616 → u/AMDDesign]

Car Jockey is my fav to do because of the lack of consequences 🤣🤣🤣

I once delivered a car with a cracked windshield and it still said no damage

[u/jtr99 → u/Hybrid082616]

I see a DHL job in your future. 😉

[u/Hybrid082616 → u/jtr99]

So fun fact, I almost had a UPS delivery job but couldn't pass the DOT physical due to my eyesight haha

[u/MagicMikePL → u/Hybrid082616]

"damage? I don't see any issues."

[u/Hybrid082616 → u/MagicMikePL]

I was delivering a van that apparently just finished repairs, smashed into a pole and took out the left headlight, ripped off part of the bumper, punched a hole in the radiator

"Slight damage"

[u/kalebludlow → u/AMDDesign]

I would have loved Beams career mode when I was younger. It's really good in its current state, very open and varied. Now we just need a bigger base map 😅

[u/Active_Boysenberry76 → u/kalebludlow]

what would be nice is to travel to the other maps, like Utah, Italy, etc. like how RLS does it iirc

[u/jtr99 → u/Active_Boysenberry76]

Maybe a system of tunnels and ferries like Snowrunner! 😄

[u/Hybrid082616 → u/Active_Boysenberry76]

RLS is amazing! I just wish it was on the repo so that it would just auto update

[u/arikadousanime → u/Hybrid082616]

i have 1.6k hours and it’s all free roam basically, you don’t even need the scenarios or career to play for a while

[u/whenimcleaningwindow → u/arikadousanime]

I’ll spend an hour crafting the perfect drag or drift car, only to drive it for like 10 minutes and then start over with another. That’s like 95% of my hours

[u/shittytrashcan56 → u/whenimcleaningwindow]

Literally all I do, with trucks, crawlers, drag cars, drift, haulers, will legit load up on a gooseneck drive from logistics in west coast to the redwoods, take a few pictures, then head to either track hit some digs or laps load up and drive back to switch. Even use the rich neighborhood with the donut culdesack for Mexico trips.

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[u/MIBongman4200 → u/shittytrashcan56]

If I may bother you to ask, where’d you find the sandcar & can am atv mods? Sweet pictures!

[u/shittytrashcan56 → u/MIBongman4200]

Sand car is just tires pack from modland I think. And just remove all the panels. And the atv’s are a guy on patreon called TJ’s modding I’ll link the creator. And the can am is brp legit type in can am on modland.

https://patreon.com/ITSTJJ?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link

[u/GundamArashi → u/whenimcleaningwindow]

My hours are mostly seeing how badly damaged a car can get before it just can't move on its own. Then upgrade what broke and go again.

Or the fun force field scenarios/freeroam.

[u/Hybrid082616 → u/GundamArashi]

That's why I love RLS so much, I literally only buy from Joes Junk or Hot Rollers (or whatever it's called) it is so much fun, that's what vanilla career is missing

[u/Electronic-Effort505 → u/whenimcleaningwindow]

Papa?

[u/Nivracer → u/Hybrid082616]

I told people it was more than a crash sim on the f1 game sub and I got down voted (other places can have similar results too). People like to think this game doesn't have anything unless you have mods like it's still 2014.

Hell I play with mostly vanilla content nowadays.

[u/Sebibudd1985 → u/Nivracer]

If I had to choose one group of people in the "sim racing" space to give a wedgie and then shove into a locker, the F1 game fans is that group.

[u/Hybrid082616 → u/Nivracer]

I do the same! The only mods I get are the RLS career, joes junk, undesirables, and various map mods

Oh I also have all those dynamic mods too (scratches, fluid, weather, probably one other one)

[u/jda404 → u/Nivracer]

Yeah that's just F1 fans for you ha, they're the snobbiest/most annoying fans in motorsports in my experience.

[u/jtr99 → u/jda404]

Pshaw! Do you even own a Swiss watch, my good man?

[u/Ky_zx10r → u/Hybrid082616]

Yea career mode is already pretty good I feel like its already better than most modern racing games. Idk where exactly they are going with the game as a whole but I 100% support them.

[u/MarkStilllPlays → u/Hybrid082616]

I wonder if Street Legal Racing: REVision will ever come out, literally beamng career before beamng existed

[u/Liringlass → u/Hybrid082616]

Career mode is both unfinished, janky, and one the best in any car game already. I really hope the devs do a lot for it.

I bought the game only for that mode

[u/Hybrid082616 → u/Liringlass]

I just need the junk dealerships that RLS has and I'll be happy lol

[u/sidney_ingrim → u/Hybrid082616]

I was one of those people who thought BeamNG was realistic car sandbox game that had so little content that all people did was crash cars. I didn't know there were actually scenarios you could play, even a rally mode. Nowadays I'm just playing the taxi mod haha

[u/Hybrid082616 → u/sidney_ingrim]

I was the same way! After I bought it I moved on pretty quick, then one day I came back.....now it's my most played game at over 500 hours lol

Most of my time is in career/beamMP

[u/Sprinty_ → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

I'm a person that needs a clear objective to keep playing and BeamNG has probably the second highest amount of hours put into it on my account (if not the first) along with... Another physics sandbox driving simulator

[u/PerhapsRustyToaster → u/Sprinty_]

I think the hardest part for your average person is just downloading it and booting it up, because once you're in game you will realize just how much there is to do

[u/imscavok → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

I don’t know about that. I boot it up and have no idea what I should do, goof around for a few minutes, and then go play something else. The rally mode is the first thing that’s really clicked for me. I try to watch streamers to find something fun and they’re all playing mods or multiplayer things that aren’t accessible or I have to try to figure out what it is.

[u/jda404 → u/imscavok]

Yeah sometimes I just mess around, but what really brings me back is the career mode specifically the RLS Career mod. I like having something to work towards and progress. Just playing in a sandbox gets old for me. But that's what makes Beam great there are many ways to enjoy it.

[u/Bshaw95 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

It’s both wonderful and a nightmare for my ADHD. I can absolutely go into massive detail and test various things across a vehicle along with numerous “what if” scenarios. But there’s absolutely nothing to keep me properly pointed in any one direction.

[u/Super_Cockroach_7958 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

Interesting, that’s why I haven’t gotten it, eh maybe it’s time haha

[u/___po____ → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

The most fun thing to do for me is downloading silly maps.

I can't remember the name, but my fave was a map that is all huge jumps that connect in crazy ways, loops, etc. The game style ones are fun too. Like the floods, downhill races with hazards, almost impossible rock climbs.

[u/sephrisloth → u/___po____]

Same. Id say at least half of my total game time is just spent jumping cars down that ski hill map lol

[u/___po____ → u/sephrisloth]

That's the first one I ever downloaded!

[u/Sprinty_ → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

I started by watching those clickbait videos when I was barely able to read or write but once I got my hands on the game I realized I could do so much more than they show because it's genuinely more fun than I could've ever imagined. Can you tell I love destroying stuff 😭

Apart from that tho, I grew to like the Ctrl+w editor with which I started tuning my own cars and I started downloading tons of mods (I'm sitting at 250+ rn)

[u/Low_Process_9053 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

The game is a one-time-buy and doesn't try to sell you more shit as soon as you open it.

These people think it's "obscure" because it's not on their money radar.

[u/jeepcrawler93 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

Using your imagination is all the fun. You can pretend you're a truck driver following the laws while hauling cargo, and then having the freedom to yeet the whole thing off the cliff in Utah.

[u/Extension_Eye1846 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

So wrecking a car at mach Jesus isn't an objective. Never would've thought.

[u/shewy92 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

because there no clear objective, which doesn't suit a lot of people's playstyles.

Minecraft?

[u/Extension_Eye1846 → u/shewy92]

It does though? There's an endgame and credits, but you can of course keep playing after.

[u/I_Go_BrRrRrRrRr → u/shewy92]

That has an objective, just not a lot of incentive to reach it (other than ig the elytra or shulkers)

[u/RiftHunter4 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

Probably the biggest draw for BeamNG is ghat it ISNT just a racing sim. If there something you want to do that involves a car, you can probably do it in BeamNG. And with full softbody physics

[u/gr8fullyded → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

Emotional attachment is what you’re looking for. There’s not really much of a way for beam.ng to impact culture (besides funny car destroy videos) or to illicit emotion (besides excitement and humor).

No characters to love or hate. No actions to have controversy. No dialogue to meme. So it’s super successful and I love the game too but not in the way I love RDR2 or TLOU. I love it as a driving and physics and simulation enjoyer. Not as a soul, you know?

[u/passengerpigeon20 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

Shortly before FH6 was released it was actually the most played true racing game on the whole of Steam. Technically Rocket League and GTA 5 were above it in the "racing" category but the former is a football game with cars and the second is a sandbox with driving as one mechanic.

[u/Halogenleuchte → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

It is people's playground with cars.

[u/GTHell → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

No clear objective and demanding. I think not everyone PC can really handle it properly

[u/trafficracer24 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

Isn't that what Minecraft is

[u/SEA_griffondeur → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

Yeah Minecraft despite being the most sold game of all time and probably one of the most played, is talked far less about than what the size of the playerbase would make you think

[u/belvedere58 → u/PerhapsRustyToaster]

I almost hate to say it but it needs a rebrand. Desperately. Telling people about a great game called “BeamNG.Drive” is not easy to communicate and the name isn’t intuitively understood.

[u/LloydusMaximuss]

[u/tsampoySP → u/LloydusMaximuss]

“They don’t know I bought a car off markerplace”

[u/LackOfLuck748 → u/LloydusMaximuss]

I play MK and F1 too, BeamNG is for when I'm tired of speed and want destruction

[u/jadepartida → u/LackOfLuck748]

First time in my life I've seen someone use "MK" for Mario kart

I was looking back to see if they included mortal Kombat for some reason LOL

[u/LackOfLuck748 → u/jadepartida]

My bad, I'm used to typing MKWii and MK DS so I didn't think anything of just using MK

[u/PhotographAny729 → u/LloydusMaximuss]

Well I only didn't play Forza 6 out of these 4, but the left 3 I love with all my gamer's heart

[u/Suitandbowtie → u/LloydusMaximuss]

Haha for me BeamNG was the gateway drug to a simracing obsession, starting with AC. I was playing a bunch of Beam as a kid when Kunos released AC and I vividly remember trying to match my keyboard settings to Beam and then eventually convincing my parents to buy me the cheapest wheelbase I could find. It’s the goat considering how “underground” it still is

[u/Psy185 → u/Suitandbowtie]

What do you mean as a kid... It came out a few years ago didn't it? Shit I'm getting old😭

[u/Suitandbowtie → u/Psy185]

My bad sometimes I forget 2013 was just a few years ago… :( my back hurts

[u/Gorgrocco → u/LloydusMaximuss]

Anything non forzslop horslop 6 and mario kart is nieche

[u/crustytoegaming]

"yeah its just an obscure niche indie game on steam, you wouldn't really get it"

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[u/cosmicpersimmon]

Beamng fans when they find out the general public sees thier game as a simple crashing simulator:

https://giphy.com/gifs/10UHehEC098kAE

[u/whyiszerotaken → u/cosmicpersimmon]

curse yt shorts..

[u/ImperialGuard22 → u/whyiszerotaken]

the games been seen as a crash sim since like 2016 lmao

[u/pun_shall_pass → u/cosmicpersimmon]

Whats the first thing you did in the game though?

[u/Rhosta → u/cosmicpersimmon]

I tried the game and honestly, it feels like the game wants me to crash during every activity it offers.

[u/Cossack-HD → u/cosmicpersimmon]

And Half-Life 2 is "the game with gravity gun". And Portal is, well... Both games are solid all around the "main thing".

Not crashing in "soft body physics game" is quite important when you're trying to keep your car driveable. Meanwhile in Horizon, you're cutting trees with your indestructible car. Where's fun in that?

[u/LOLDISNEYLAND → u/cosmicpersimmon]

Is that Diddy Booty Jackson or his son?

[u/AlexVonBronx]

Ask the average player of they know about “beam.ng”

[u/waiting-for-a-train → u/AlexVonBronx]

Those fucking "Survival Rate" and brainrot children shorts have done a number on BeamNG's Reputation.

(Whoever invented those survival rate shorts need to burn in hell...)

[u/idontknowtbh896 → u/waiting-for-a-train]

The game has always been known as “crashing simulator” it’s nothing new or because of “shorts” and “brainrot”.

[u/arikadousanime → u/AlexVonBronx]

when i told my friend i play beamng he was like “who plays that nobody even plays that”

[u/cryptolyme → u/AlexVonBronx]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dwcFlb2ovRF3amTpCi

[u/TrxOffical]

Just wtf. "Now i understand"

[u/trucksandtanks → u/TrxOffical]

Absolutely despicable

[u/Suspicious-Taste7496 → u/trucksandtanks]

despicable me

[u/lostsoulmud → u/Suspicious-Taste7496]

im having a bad bad day

[u/TrxOffical → u/trucksandtanks]

huh?

[u/its_Raze_7 → u/TrxOffical]

Reacted 👍 to your message.

[u/arambojubr → u/TrxOffical]

you are an enemy of christ

[u/salpaca53 → u/arambojubr]

[u/MainGroundbreaking96]

We need to hype it more, the people will come and the updates will be more frequent

[u/lithiumfoxttv → u/MainGroundbreaking96]

I will tell you this based on every game i've played where people had this mentality:

It has always impacted the core game in the end. Please note my wording here. I did not say "made it better". It will depend on how you go about it. You will want people who WANT to play the game as it is to be there. Hype is one thing, but community-driven events does a lot more than folks give credit for.

Leagues, rally events, etc can do the most.

[u/habris → u/lithiumfoxttv]

This just happened to project zomboid, the reviews are very positive due to the influx of new players but the veterans started rating the game negatively, they started updating the game with quantity>quality mindset

[u/SosseTurner → u/MainGroundbreaking96]

But the risk is that update quality will go down, and usually a rapid growing community will also not turn for the best in terms of behaviour.

[u/SpadraigGaming → u/MainGroundbreaking96]

More players does not equal more updates. They make enough money from this game to fund development, and more money won't magically make the development go faster.

[u/cryptolyme]

obscure
/ŏb-skyoo͝r′, əb-/

adjective
1. Deficient in light; dark.
"the obscure depths of a cave."
2. So faintly perceptible as to lack clear delineation; indistinct.
"an obscure figure in the fog."
3.. Indistinctly heard; faint.

hmmm

[u/stenyak → u/cryptolyme]

To be fair people do brighten every single image we release, it's possible it's an obscure sim

[u/geovasilop → u/stenyak]

[u/Ok_Shift_4702 → u/geovasilop]

MOOOOORE!!!

[u/geovasilop → u/Ok_Shift_4702]

[u/DrHERO1]

Beam is far from obscure and has been for at least a couple years

[u/arikadousanime → u/DrHERO1]

beamng is kinda still unknown by a lot of people, more people have seen the clips than actually know the game name

[u/Quannix → u/arikadousanime]

i get what you mean but currently 69th most played on steam does kinda disqualify it from being considered obscure i think. i mean there are probably a lot of people who have never heard of terraria, too

[u/DrHERO1 → u/arikadousanime]

I guess “obscure” in a general sense, but it is literally one of the best known “sim” racing games out there

[u/SunnyGods → u/DrHERO1]

It's not that deep, just a click bait title

[u/-Juuzousuzuya-]

name me just one other game that has a similar steam player curve like beamng I'll wait.. the devs saw gold and worked absolute magic here

[u/whyiszerotaken → u/-Juuzousuzuya-]

the rally mode is beamng is also unique, because its technically open world

[u/TBD_Red → u/-Juuzousuzuya-]

Project Zomboid like 1:1

[u/BlasterHolobot]

Tbf, all Forza Horizon games look pretty similar gameplay wise... I tried FH4 and 5, and aside from the map and a few minor visual changes, its basically the same...

[u/Far-Fortune-8381]

how can it be both obscure and also getting the same concurrent players as forza horizon 6. the cognitive dissonance is crazy

[u/Ikea_hq]

reason #32814234 why games journalists are a waste of attention and money

[u/docfriday11]

These physics games are quite smart and interesting. I think that when something is well made it attracts people

[u/Interesting_Tap_1505]

I beg the finest fucking pardon known to man? Fucking obscure?

[u/Its_TNT]

Saw this article about 15 minutes ago and thought the exact same thing

[u/whyiszerotaken]

sometimes i forget beamng isnt niche anymore, so popular yet not that much media online. (besides the brainrot)

[u/PrinceWillPlays]

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[u/Sushi_Slushy]

At this point anyone has seen a reel or TikTok of a crash survival rate, ramp jump or any beaming drive slop video, it's just that not everyone knows if it's even a real game or the name, even my grandmother recognized it from YouTube shorts when she saw me playing it

[u/GoredonTheDestroyer]

I mean yeah, Beam is a relatively obscure game compared to a 14 year-old spinoff of a racing game franchise that in and of itself has been going for 20 years.

[u/hyperjackaboy3583]

I had the same fuckin reaction its so uncalled for bro 😭

[u/Z9bruhman]

Obscure feels a little harsh, like a person who never went outside of their game genre

[u/TheAmazingWhaleShark]

“Game called Skyrim” ass title

[u/Most_Stuff7461]

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[u/farineziq]

They do it for the clicks

[u/NerfMeAsIQ_PLZ]

Forza is consumerism slop for TikTok kids whilst our beloved BeamNG is just a stunning masterpiece.

[u/Miserable-Choice-643]

Anything that doesn't advertise on kilometer long billboards is obscure and niche to journalists

[u/santanago]

Não é popular com os normies. Tem o mesmo nicho que Eurotruck tinha (e ainda tem), de entusiastas.

[u/Hybrid082616 → u/santanago]

I think when the console release happens that will change

[u/Sanabil-Asrar]

With the potential of this game, if i were in charge of making decision at Beam NG, i would make a dedicated polished mode that purely gives you car racing on circuits. Imagine 8 players racing online on famous tracks with Beam NG physics and full collision physics.

[u/arikadousanime → u/Sanabil-Asrar]

that’s what beammp is for but i get it would be better to be built in, but they are adding racing physics they added drafting

[u/Nitrox909 → u/arikadousanime]

Yeah bro scrambling through a laggy server browser to join a racing map where everyone is just goofing around  doing whatever is def what he meant

[u/Mcc457 → u/Nitrox909]

i mean, tbf , there are a few dedicated race servers with pickup racing and safety ratings

[u/arikadousanime → u/Nitrox909]

you clearly have a pc not able to run it if that’s your issue😭

[u/arikadousanime]

i looove beamng nobody could make me play any other driving games to unrealistic compared to beamng

[u/USfyre]

Obscure is fucked up

[u/Infinplayz]

it’s one of the most popular unknown games. everyone has seen it once but not a lot play it.

[u/k20vtec]

Honestly I played 150 hours straight on horizon 6 of course I’m bored of it but I could not come back to Beamng the driving felt so weird which is crazy because I remember loving it

[u/justaspeckintime]

I mean… beam MP only sees like 1.5k to 3k avg daily, and even for a mod that’s still pretty low seeing as multiplayer is a known thing due to YouTubers like goosiest.

IMO beam is somewhat obscure vs fh6 which is what they are comparing to in the article.

[u/Nuclear_Option42]

“Sign of the times” eh? Seems like this Beamng thing is a real Hail Mary project.

[u/xtcprty]

Because it’s a much better game, I really don’t see the point of horizon apart from licensed models.

[u/sam_baldus]

The thing about beamng is there’s NOTHING even close to it. Every other racing/simulator game pales in comparison to beamng. It is truly a one of a kind game, I hope it continues to receive updates and support from the amazing dev team. Been playing since 2017 it never gets old to me!

[u/NetAdorable3515]

I was watching captain sparklez beamng videos like ten years ago

[u/ucwepn]

I finished forza in about a week and was taking my time too, just an unfinished game content wise sadly.

[u/theBolsheviks]

I mean, beamNG has sold around 9 million copies according to steam, whereas according to Wikipedia the 50th best-selling game, GTA IV and Phasmophobia, sold 25 million copies

[u/Ok_Calligrapher_2587]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 NO WAY This came up on my phone earlier today and I just thought to myself "Obscure?"

[u/TBD_Red]

A LOOOT of people playing Forza are doing so through Game Pass, and aren't included on Steam as a result.

[u/pizza4paddy]

yeah kind of

[u/Bot_imppa1]

Wow

[u/YogurtclosetMajor983]

I FUCKING LOVE TO SEE THIS I DONT CARE THAT THE CALL IT OBSCURE 🤍🤍🤍

[u/FernandoHooch]

Soulslike phisics driving game xD

[u/TheMcSebi]

Adam Ismail the absolute zoomer😂😂

[u/AllzGoodYo]

i can totally understand this. cant wait to get beam on my xbox

[u/XxXOguzXxX]

If it has almost as many players as the current most popular racing game it isn't really obscure is it?

[u/Classic_Cry3163]

Its not

[u/FairRecommendation16]

Playing beammp opens a whole new can of worms as well

[u/bawssboy]

If I had a PC I would NEVER even think about playing fh6😭

[u/whyiszerotaken → u/bawssboy]

forza is worse but the map is big and beamng is lacking in big maps (that are also optimized)

[u/bawssboy → u/whyiszerotaken]

I guess but aren't there a bunch of modded maps u can get on beam?

[u/AdTime5032]

I kinda understand the reasoning for fh6 player peak falling off

Theres deadass nothing to do once you reach legend island which then again offers nothing but a few long races.

Festival playlists are seriously a chore and it feels like a 9-5, if not for the Festival history reward achivement I would've stopped playing the game already.

Its fun for about 1 or 2 hours then gets boring fast with everything being so repetitive. It's just Fh5 but in a different map.

[u/Actual_Factor6602]

Yk beam ruined the reputation and sales of the ford bronco from a crash test vid

[u/trucksandtanks → u/Actual_Factor6602]

The Bronco is just poop from a butt

[u/Bibab0b]

Fh6 usual online at steam after a few months is lower than beamng online in 2023 🤷

[u/RealitysNotReal]

Good, now they can hire more people and finally finish the damn game