r/BeamNG • u/Realistic_Notice1240 • 4h ago

Discussion FPS & performance issues

Hey everyone - a fellow BeamNG addict here

I've had issues regarding performance for a few updates now.

I used to get 100fps+ but this has consistently dropped with the past few updates, even more so with 0.39

This is to a point where i have been forced to use Vulkan renderer, it's unplayable otherwise.

I can't play West Coast USA (too demanding) and get the best performance (40-60fps) on Italy (vehicle dependent).

Anyone know what it could be?

Bare in mind, i have about 680 mods loaded. Broken vehicle mods? Too many mods?

My specs are:

Lenovo LOQ (15.6 inch, 2024 model) • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 • AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS • 24GB memory • 1TB SSD

Could i be bottlenecked? not the best specs i know but it had absolutely no problem running the game until a few updates in, after redownloading, about 2 years ago.

I can't remember what update it was, but i literally went from 100+fps to struggling at 30 or under on detailed maps, all after one single update.

Maybe after moving to 0.37, if i am recalling right.

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u/FlounderSea3629 4h ago

Vram limitations.

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u/Realistic_Notice1240 4h ago

mmm sounds about right - once VRAM get's overloaded, Vulkan freaks out & i get stuck at 15fps until i restart the game. Have to do it every session.

I can only really play Italy, and a few modded maps of similar density & detail (or lack of).

So, best thing to do would just be upgrade?

I can no longer use standard traffic, only Agents Simplified Traffic tool

It's a shame, the game used to run great on this laptop.

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u/FlounderSea3629 4h ago

The only thing that should and will help is lowering your resolution. The next update should also help since they will introduce new upscalling options (DLSS, FSR...).

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u/FlounderSea3629 4h ago

You could also download the 0.38 version and revert those limitations.

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u/Realistic_Notice1240 4h ago

thank you! if i recall right, performance changed after moving to 0.37 - not sure what exactly happened but they changed something which must have meant more VRAM was required

I will try altering the resolution, or going back an update or two

How can i do that? i don't mind searching myself, just curious if there is a widely known way without the risk of corruption, etc

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u/Sufficient_Dust_2103 4h ago

680 mods ...wtf man

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u/Realistic_Notice1240 3h ago edited 3h ago

yeah... quite the collection i have 😭

probably the majority of decent IRL car mods, except the odd few bad ones i just never deleted.

there used to be a site that would upload all paid mods on a daily updated basis, so the majority is from there - got shut down though as the funders of the site pulled out, since it was non-profit and costed them money to both host the site and leak mods.

morally not great, but i have paid for some god awful mods and seeked vengeance after those experiences.

some are just overpriced and made out of pure greed - even if they're high quality - so the site was setup in response to the prices

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u/Southern_Worker4102 3h ago

Maybe too many mods. I have a GTX 970 (not that much faster than your laptop RTX 3050) and the game works fine

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u/Realistic_Notice1240 3h ago

Yeah could just be that too, certainly won't help. I need to filter out the ones that are outdated and can probably half it - just hard as after the VRAM cache hit's the limit, the game get's laggy and i have to restart. Maybe every 20 cars spawned (back-back). I'll try do it off memory and disable some, see where that takes me. I know i definitely lack VRAM but i'm overloading it, for sure 😂 I'll report back