BeamNG.drive

BeamNG.drive, or just BeamNG, is an open-world driving simulator that uses soft-body physics. The game was released on Steam on May 29, 2015. It has 8 game modes, 7 of which are finished: Campaign, Free Roam, Scenarios, Time Trials, Light Runner, Bus Routes and Track Builder, as well as the unfinished and inaccessible Career mode.

Why It Can Crash N' Burn

 * 1) It has the best car physics out of any game in modern gaming history, even if compared to a game with great crash physics (such as Grand Theft Auto IV).
 * 2) While it is still in an alpha stage, it still shows that the developers care about the game.
 * 3) Tons of mods that include additional cars (such as the Hirochi CCF2, the Ibishu Saga and the Autron Petitron/P1, and even real ones that do have such detailed quality such as the Ford Crown Victoria, Koenigsegg CCX, etc.), content, and maps (such as the Burnout Paradise map, albeit WIP), which are free.
 * 4) It is priced perfectly at US$25, and even gets discounted during the usual Steam sales.
 * 5) The game runs well and seldom lag even on big maps.
 * 6) The new game engine, Torque3D, runs better than CryEngine 3.
 * 7) You can make your own gameplay in Free Roam mode.
 * 8) You can import cars to the game from Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game as of 0.13.
 * 9) The Traffic app added in late 2019 makes the game even more realistic. However, the traffic AI is rather basic at best, and you might need the know-how in teaching the AI in terms of pathing.
 * 10) Lots of vehicles, from an American pickup truck + SUV (Gavril D-Series), and its other SUV counterpart, the Gavril Roamer, a modern hatchback/crossover (Cherrier Vivace/Tograc) to a 50s sedan (Burnside Special) to a Japanese compact sedan (Hirochi Sunburst), an 80s European midsize (ETK I-Series), a Japanese rear-engine shooting brake (Hirochi SBR4), a pair of two three-wheelers (Ibishu Pigeon and Wigeon), an American full-sized sedan (Gavril Grand Marshal), a heavy semi-truck (Gavril T-Series), a 70s muscle car (Bruckell Moonhawk) a German sports car (ETK K-Series), etc. and they all feature detailed customization!
 * 11) Developers were experienced from a 2005 game called Rigs of Rods, which is a similar simulation game with great, albeit buggy crash physics.
 * 12) Tire models were not the best, but they were improved in version 0.23.
 * 13) A recent update added PBR materials that make the game look better than ever.
 * 14) The Gridmap is one of the most played maps because there are plenty of crashing and destruction areas to use.
 * 15) Grid, Small, Pure has an infinity of distance and you can test your car's top speed and even drifting.
 * 16) Even better car thumbnails as of version 0.23.
 * 17) A new map menu was introduced on version 0.24, making the game even better.
 * 18) You can make your own mods with ease with Automation and even upload them to the repository.
 * 19) There's a YouTube channel named Forgotten Mustard who does a great job at the world's craziest and epic builds, challenges, fails, etc.
 * 20) The graphics were slightly downgraded in 2015 but thankfully, they were improved as of version 0.23.
 * 21) Very rare hidden attention to detail like "Made in BeamNG" and "Tread for High Performance Use Only" on the tires' textures.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Big mods are typically hard to make.
 * 2) Cars imported from Automation lack interiors and they feel a lot different than other cars. And damage model is more drastically limited than the actual vanilla BeamNG cars.
 * 3) Majority of some of the real car mods are outdated and mostly of poor quality, usually models from other racing/simulation games slapped on top of a vanilla physics structure and a different body on the same frame (aka meshslaps; like the 2021 Ford Bronco mod on the Ibishu Hopper's frame, the 2013 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor from CSR Racing 2 regardless of the same exact tire types, etc.), leading to inaccurate driving/crashing physics.
 * 4) This game is not very friendly towards low-end PCs, and you'll also need to be sure that your PC has better GPU, CPU, and most importantly, a large amount of RAM, especially if you intend on spawning vehicles on maps. Otherwise, you can experience problems if your PC doesn't have enough RAM, which can cause the game to lag, or even crash as a result of RAM bloating.
 * 5) Currently, cars do not accumulate dirt or mud around the tires and bodywork when driving off-road.
 * 6) Although the Walk Mode is featured, you are limited to only opening trunk doors and using winches from the flatbed. Car doors, along with the hood, can't be interacted with (although there is already one mod that adds this). And for some strange yet hilarious reasons, you can actually cause damage to cars, and even land on top of them from a high fall. However, thankfully, this was actually added with the addition of the Civetta Scintilla.
 * 7) Its Career mode is rather lackluster and highly forgettable.
 * 8) *Speaking of its possible release, some may think it's when Grand Theft Auto VI will release, or Queen Elizabeth's death.
 * 9) *Additionally, Career Mode is still greyed out and still remains unavailable.
 * 10) The weather system (e.g., rain, snow) is currently not included in the game (aside from a mod).
 * 11) Destructible buildings are sadly not included.
 * 12) Sadly, the DFA Pack mod by iRetr0x, was shut down currently. Because of this, he was banned for stealing some models/assets.
 * 13) *In addition, for Patreon mods, they also require you some money.
 * 14) Sometimes, the game messes with control bindings out of nowhere when playing it, hindering a bit of playability. This can be rectified by manually re-configuring the bindings correctly.

Trivia

 * Some content in the game, such as the Ibishu Pigeon, Ibishu Wigeon, and the orange/yellow "NO TEXTURE" error became memes.
 * This game was involved on several trends on TikTok such as where it shows what crashes would look like in different planet gravities, until the Sun gets a turn and starts raining shipping containers, and the trend in which people claiming to be surviving severe crashes shown in the game.