Is BeamNG.Tech the future of automotive safety? | BeamNG.Drive |

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In this video about BeamNG.Tech, we explore how it could be revolutionizing the world of automotive testing. We delve into the advanced features of this technology, such as ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems), LIDAR, IMU (Inertial Measurement Units), and ultrasonic distance measurements, and explain how they play crucial roles in developing safer, more efficient vehicles. This video also provides a glimpse into how companies like Audi and Sigma Integrale, as well as various universities and research projects like Flexcrash, are harnessing BeamNG.Tech's capabilities.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:50 What is BeamNG.Tech?
1:12 What even is ADAS?
3:53 Companies that use BeamNG.Tech
6:07 Universities that use BeamNG.Tech
6:23 FlexCrash Project
8:06 Outro/Conclusion
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[@YESMIT69420]

mate, you just made me switch from looking at beamng as a simulator for 'car go broom and crash', but now as simply, the best video game in the world.

[@TheBiohazard75]

It's the best video game in my eyes as well!

[@lennartsix6102]

Only people who have never played it see it as a car go broom and crash sim

[@Anigaming-dz5gh]

Me seeing it as a way to be a driver while being underage: ok so imma just do these license tests real quick

[@dreamdev_yt3339]

@@Anigaming-dz5gh bro i do the same thing exept im 10 💀 i will be very good driver when i grow up

[@themalive5206]

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[@robmanueb.]

Be great to see some automotive size budgets funneled into BeamNG. The game is already amazing but some final polishing will make it the best sim on the market, as they say it takes 90% of the time (and money) to do the last 10%.

[@mintgoldheart6126]

Yeah no, I would prefer the Devs stay independent.

[@Dakkyun]

​@@mintgoldheart6126 they are independent, it's just that they now have different clients from us and a lot more money

[@BGTech1]

I feel like beamNG is accurate but not accurate enough to replace traditional crash testing

[@TheBiohazard75]

Yeah, I agree with this. The developers have tried to make the game realistic as possible without hindering performance too much. It's still very impressive how close it gets to crash testing though.

[@agenty_gd]

The problem is not only with accuracy but also with the fact that the simulation is based on already existing data so you can't really crash test a vehicle that hasn't been tested already

[@Jefferey04]

​@@agenty_gd that is what ai is for

[@agenty_gd]

Generating Jbeam data with AI would certainly be interesting but so far there is no AI advanced enough to be able to analyze and understand Jbeam with comparison to real world data

[@TheBiohazard75]

There could be in the future, maybe not for Jbeam specifically. But this is kinda along the lines of what the flex crash project is trying to achieve at the moment. "IMC team will leverage BeamNG.tech’s ability to procedurally create content for automatically generating driving simulations that closely match the reference crash scenarios extracted from existing sources (such as CARE, GIDAS, STRADA, ZEDATU, CIREN, and MVCCS). Moreover, thanks to its soft-body simulation, BeamNG.tech will be able to accurately model the physics of the crashes, including the damage to the vehicles, thus providing a reliable way to assess crash criticality." I am very curious as to the exact processes they are using to do this, with the advancement of AI recently I wouldn't be surprised if that was going to be their next focus, whether in BeamNG or not.

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[@TheBiohazard75]

Thanks!!

[@driv3ver]

@@TheBiohazard75 Please don't blow up, that can be very painful :/

[@RainbowSheep_was_taken]

Thanks for showing everyone what BeamNG is capable of, everyone has to see this.

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[@Spiltdestructor]

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@@Spiltdestructor lmao one of the things i dont have us motivation to edit

[@SP.Spittlebug]

i was looking forward for somebody to make such a video. beamng has seen too many kids just crashing cars, and most people dont realize how sofisticated of a simulator it actually is. it would be nice to see more stuff loke this

[@Salvo04]

totally agree with that, we could say beamng is still underrated for that what it's able to offer

[@DMack6464]

I wonder if a more accurate damage model is feasible at the cost of some of the performance

[@sebastiankromski247]

Finally a good video going into this topic, can't wait for more stuff on the channel!

[@charliemaybe]

I feel that beam is so realistic in its driving physics that after tens of hours of play and tuning, I have seen a markitable improvment in my driving in assetto corsa

[@whywhy8575]

Fr same. All I can ask for is a little bit more grip and new tire physics but other then that the game is great and is only gonna get better

[@CozyWinning]

@@whywhy8575 You can edit that with tuning or mods! Dont know about the tire physics but you can change the air pressure in them.

[@kak8895]

​@@whywhy8575 The tyres are good for what they're without trying to pummel performance to the bottom.

[@obeseperson]

I love the crash physics but the driving has always felt off. Like the cars either have no grip or no weight to them. And like, I know how to drive it’s not like I just don’t know what I’m doing. It’s just always felt more like a damage simulator than a driving simulator, which is fine.

[@kak8895]

The developers have done enough to get it to where we can play with it without hindering performance and I believe in the future they'd amp up simulation fidelity to its tyres. It's only a matter of time. What I don't find realistic in other Simulators is that without soft-body for every vehicle component the entire car is just rigid brick and completely dissimilar to reality. Only BeamNG seems to be on the right path with what it's engine can do. What most people like you don't understand is that if your physics engine doesn't simulate frame flex, tyre flex/deformation, or suspensions don't oscillate as they'd in real life then you're just moving bricks on hard surface. BeamNG already two decades ahead of the pack in that aspect.

[@spade1820]

lmao seeing my car in the first crash made me realize it’s a death trap

[@dragonf1recdn]

BeamNG is literally the greatest game ever invented simply because of its utility purposes that are converted into a game.

[@kem0n0.kokomo]

Very cool to see someone make a video on the BeamNG platform outside of the more commercial 'Drive' version, you could say lol. I've peeped at what I could on what BeamNG has been doing outside of the game for a while now and it makes it pretty interesting to think about what the future holds.

[@Finnooba]

Hey I found your channel by the farlands video and I realy like your content, keep it up man. Hope you get 1k subs!!

[@averag_subaruenjoyer]

Man the red Tsuru crashing the grey Sentra really gives break heart to me Since it's one of my dream sleeper cars ever

[@Gustinelli]

In the last 3 years this game evolved so much. It always had great physics(Obviously), still the ONLY sim with the Hydraulic steering FFB settings. The biggest fault with it was the driving, really not of the best, actually pretty bad. But after the last updates since 2021, it is closer and closer to conquer it's goal. Driving still not as smooth and good as Asseto Corsa by example, but hell is it close.

[@mattsanders5372]

This video is gonna go big, great video mate, looking forward to the future of BeamNG

[@ampstudios4169]

It’s crazy to see how beam has changed from the weird crash physics game it was

[@tomsterbg8130]

I don't remember it ever being weird, It was worse, but it was never worse than the competition. Every single other game that ever existed has never been better than BeamNG at the same time in history.

[@loomyair]

ive been waiting for a video on this for SO long thank you very much

[@Detah_]

as they said in some old Motortrend article they speculated that Beam's longterm goal was to sell their advanced crash simulation to various companies. I mean they already do for Audi i believe

[@Ianforlife-mv3kl]

Wow beamng drive is not just a game like other car simulators but this is just like a real life based game and stuff for it

[@volcano.mitchell]

Wow quality beam video wow you deserve so much more

[@gerekappo]

Epic video brother, i'm playing and following BeamNG from some years now and didnt have a clue about this! Always thought they were selling the game cheap and that it had the room for being much more. Now is all explained to me!!!

[@tomsterbg8130]

Iirc Tesla trains the AI model in a similar 3D environment. Also Ange's Engine Simulator has been used in an EV to simulate a combustion engine with clutch, sound, torque output, etc. It's fascinating just where technology is going and how useful these "games" really are!

[@ErkilsPuaro420]

Thanks for documenting this media. Big W

[@redpacg5128]

great video, earned my sub!

[@StuffFilmedHere]

A month ago I looked it uo and found nothing then this video popped up. THANK YOU. I really wanted to know what it is

[@sadsovietspy]

This is a good video, cant belive it only has 257 likes...well.. 258 now :)

[@sparkthedragon]

its pretty much a video game but with realistic car tools ontop and more data tools that honestly could be recreated with mods

[@CapybaraSociety]

Wow I can’t believe that a game where I play and crash cars into walls in slow motion for fun is being used for this I mean like it is truly insane how a game can not only be fun but save lives

[@beamboy07]

I was trying to find footage on this the other day actually

[@chrism869]

Will be interesting where it will go

[@gabrielv.4358]

That's immensely awesome

[@Harsha04120]

Underrated channel

[@livemusic5743]

Great video

[@RaffoVFX]

Absolutly yes

[@yolopolotyur]

Your microphone is quite bad but your videos are amazing.

[@LeoMkII]

Beam rocks dude! But I reckon cars still feel to unrealistic when they crash, too strong, some mods seem more realistic I think

[@CarrotsWithLegs]

what mods?

[@Bruh-d]

You say that yet I clip a tree going 40MPH and my Grand-Marshal gets torn in half

[@aresivrc1800]

BeamNG is just a piece of art 👍

[@moo6080]

If Lane Departure Warning was standard on all vehicles, people would actually use their turn signals!

[@zackomiecinski9275]

Bro you are so underrated.

[@salahdhen1958]

yo man thank you so much for the amazing video and yeah it shows how big a game like beamNG can be to us all love your work and i hope to see more and more in the near future

[@hamzawerks]

2:23 hahahah nice one

[@Rsinicgaming]

Yes ive always thought that beamng would become a crash testing simulation

[@Hrusb]

so cool

[@carolinabras2541]

What was the game you used to show ADAS ?

[@TheBiohazard75]

The standalone version of BeamNG.Drive.

[@TheCptnOfFail]

As cool as this tech is, people have to realize that software and hardware are not even night and day difference. Think more night and three spoons taped to a brick level of difference. I actually get to play around with test vehicles that have all of the fancy "safety" features you mentioned. It's rare that these features work, and often when they do work it makes the car less safe. Lane departure systems are a prime example. Frequently they just don't work on 99% of the roads along the route. Sometimes they will not activate until you are halfway out of the lane. If they can steer the car god help you in construction zones. The ones that steer the car are frequently overtuned and will either over correct and "pinball" down the lane or, in a concerning number of cases, aim at oncoming traffic. And sometimes the system does not deactivate with the turn signal. I have only seen a single one that actually works in the rain. Not saying these systems are a terrible danger to people... for the most part. But the companies that work on these vehicles could spend five minutes in a parking lot testing things before sending them into full production.

[@novamemeus8468]

the way he says Audi hurts me

[@Pgratss]

My belly button is an innie

[@MakoTheUndead]

all of this stuff for autonomous driving yet the base game still can't get AI traffic right. Bravo BeamNG devs. Very proud of you lot. My everlasting disappointment on the devs' priorities aside, this video was very interesting and informative. Good job.

[@OversteerAllDay]

4:10 I love the vid but I hate hearing people pronounce Audi wrong which being from the Midwest I hear a lot for the love of god say ow deee

[@MistyLion33]

dose anyone think that in the nar future beamng will be able to be used for drivers ed or teaching someone how to drive

[@Sagojika]

I wish Drive had stuff like ADAS

[@newwesterngrove]

It did have an ADAS mod, but it broke a few updates ago

[@TheBiohazard75]

That's actually what I used for the video, the mod worked without any issues.

[@riverhardman645]

your telling me that the funny car crash game has actual purpose?

[@VelvetThunderB99]

Oudi 💀

[@alexgamingyt2574]

How can you download it?

[@VelvetThunderB99]

That's the neat part! You don't! 🤣

[@fillman86]

I'd heard of it, but since it doesn't look like it's a parabolically accessible program, I've never covered it :/

[@idiotic370]

oddy??

[@chickenp7038]

tesla is laughing at this rn.

[@102Help]

You said Audi wrong. It's not pronounced like audio, but with an "ow" sound because its a German word.

[@ThePower1037]

audi not odi

[@iamshaunxx1086]

What’s an ardi? 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@weejameso1640]

lol i was gonna comment the same thing, even german pronunciation is AUDI

[@tezla1530]

not sure where you got the "r" from, he pronounced it like "Audi", or "audit" without the "t"

[@EminMasovic]

so thts basiccaly beng education edition

[@sonyferriz777]

Will you have licenses for real car brands?

[@SP.Spittlebug]

no, beam wont have real cars licences because of branding image, most car ompanies don't want their cars to be represented with such damage and thats why all driving sims do not have a good damage model, as far as i know they actually have it in their contracs

[@junkmail3947]

Do bad beam AI is anything but realistic 😂

[@Pgratss]

Why you taking like a cave man

[@PuppyGril]

adi

[@Lifeof728]

Why is the traffic in BeamNG such ass tho lol 😂

[@panintegral4571]

Awdie

[@TheBiohazard75]

This one is my favorite!, lol

[@Mikkel111]

Please stop saying Awedi.

[@briocheman21]

Its pronounced owdee not ardee

[@cpt.mystic_stirling]

This is quite a boring video since the script is like reading from wikipedia :/

[@lukas64_the_dog]

i think the drive version is now an waste product of tech, to get money for the tech version, its like city car driveing its home version is a waste product of the driveshool version.

[@SomeOne-pd6vm]

Eh, not so much. They make most of their money from .Tech, it's how they're able to keep the price of the game low without any paid DLC. The BeamNG team started from RoR modders and it's very much been a passion project. The devs absolutely love cars and everything automotive.

[@kak8895]

(.Drive) is the entertainment version of (.Tech). It's not a waste product if they're applying a career mode and other gameplay elements.

[@mintgoldheart6126]

.Tech is not made for the average consumer.

[@iglobrothers645]

The real money comes from researchers using the tech version like Audi or other facilities. Drive is only a fraction of the income

[@thebyzocker]

i accidentally discovered .tech a few months ago glad to see it finally getting recognition on youtube

[@Mypenisissmallbut]

Yet more proof that BeamNG is the best driving simulator. Only reason people play Assetto Corsa is cause they don’t know about BeamNG, or haven’t played it since 2015.

[@Subscribe_to_faledy4]

Your cool.