Can I Run BeamNG.drive?
Released in 2015, BeamNG.drive is a racing simulation game built by BeamNG. The game supports a single player campaign. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Steam lists support for 13 languages. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Its Steam review count passes 375 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It carries 5 achievements. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5 8400 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Minimum 6GB VRAM (AMD Radeon RX 570 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060) |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64 Bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X / Intel Core i7 9700 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Minimum 8GB VRAM (AMD RX 6700 / Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060) |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 32 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64 Bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
BeamNG.drive places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through one continuous open world. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and BeamNG.drive can never assume the player will stop and let it load. 15 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. The view is from a first person view.
Why BeamNG.drive is demanding
Demand in BeamNG.drive is ordinary. The publisher has Minimum in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. System memory is unusually high at 32 GB, so a 16 GB machine needs an upgrade even with a strong graphics card. The 8 GB VRAM figure quietly excludes a lot of 6 GB hardware that would otherwise cope. Disk footprint is light, near 60 GB. BeamNG.drive needs 64 bit Windows. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so BeamNG.drive at the floor and BeamNG.drive at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run BeamNG.drive?
BeamNG.drive is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, Minimum 6GB VRAM (AMD Radeon RX 570 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060) clears the minimum, so more RAM, not a new GPU, is the upgrade most players need.
Bottleneck: RAM
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.56x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.25x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against BeamNG.drive's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for BeamNG.drive?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5 8400; GPU: Minimum 6GB VRAM (AMD Radeon RX 570 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060); 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64 Bit.
How much storage does BeamNG.drive need?
BeamNG.drive needs about 60 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run BeamNG.drive?
The RTX 3060 runs BeamNG.drive comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for BeamNG.drive?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for BeamNG.drive is the RAM.