I absolutely love BeamNG, but its graphics engine is definitely lacking compared to some other racing games, and even Automation itself. Luckily, the internet is filled with awesome people, who have created post-processing FX mods that can be used to make old games shiny and new again. Reshade by Crosire is incredibly powerful, works with hundreds of different games, and is 100% free. I also must give credit to Dave’s Reshade preset, which I based my own version on. Key features include brighter skies, deeper shadows, and more realistic reflections. There is a slight performance impact of maybe 5FPS, depending on your hardware.
There are two versions, standard and cinematic. You can switch between them in the Reshade menu, activated by pressing Shift + F2.
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Standard:
Cinematic:
Standard:
Cinematic:
Car by @quotex
Standard:
Cinematic:
Car by @rk38
File is too big for the Automation forums so I’ve hosted it on my Mediafire account here:
HOW TO INSTALL
Unzip all files to your steamapps\common\BeamNG.drive\Bin64 folder.
If you did this and you see no effect on your game, open the dxgi.ini file, and change all of the lines like this:
C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\BeamNG.drive\Bin64
to match the location of your steamapps\common\BeamNG.drive\Bin64 folder.
HOW TO USE
Once installed, the standard preset should be activated by default (you’ll see a confirmation message on startup). Press the END key to turn on/off. Press Print Screen to take screenshots; they’ll be saved to the Bin64 folder. Press Shift + F2 to open the Reshade menu. From here you can go to the Home tab and select the phale_cinematic preset if you prefer that one. You can also go the Settings tab to change the screenshot save location and to enable/disable the FPS marker.
