BeamNG.drive’s PS5 Pro Test Shows Smooth Split-Screen and Frame Drops Under Heavy Loads

The PS5 version is now available with Update 0.40, FSR 3 on standard PS5, and PSSR on PS5 Pro, but launches without mod support.

Mihaela Kicevski3 weeks ago

231 1 minute read

A dark coupe turns across a city street in BeamNG.drive, kicking up dust behind it.

BeamNG.drive launched on PlayStation 5 on October 19, 2026, bringing its vehicle physics and local split-screen to console. The port includes the PC release’s content and Update 0.40, which adds another car and other changes.

Standard PS5 supports FSR 3, while PS5 Pro uses PSSR. The game also includes 12 open-world environments and Career Mode activities such as deliveries, police pursuits, and time trials.

BeamNG.drive builds its soft-body vehicle physics from nodes and beams rather than treating cars as rigid bodies. That structure lets vehicles deform during collisions, driving the detailed crash simulation. The game simulates individual vehicle components at 240 Hz.

In YouTuber MuYe’s early test on PS5 Pro, everyday driving and split-screen appeared to run smoothly. Spawning too many cars brought frame-rate dips.

Mods and mod-authoring tools are unavailable at launch, though the developer is looking into ways to support mods.

Would mod support change how interested you are in BeamNG.drive on PS5? Follow along for more on the port, its split-screen performance, and Update 0.40 through X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.

BeamNG.drive is a sandbox vehicle simulation game built around soft-body physics that simulate realistic vehicle handling, deformation, and damage in real time. The game originated as a spiritual successor to the open-source project Rigs of Rods and was initially released as a tech demo in 2013 before moving to Steam Early Access in 2015. Players can engage in campaigns, time trials, and free roam across various open-world maps, experimenting with vehicle collisions, environmental physics, and user-created mods. The game supports VR, features an integration with the car-building game Automation, and has native modding support with a community repository.