Summary of changes

New Vehicle- Hirochi Aurata

A Two Seater Side By Side UTV

Features 3 Cylinder Engine with turbocharged variants, CVT Transmission, selectable 4WD and low-range Box (With RWD conversion also available)

Several configurations including an Off-Road and asphalt racing version.

New Trailers - Tilt Deck & enclosed cargo

Tilt Deck

3 lengths

Hydraulic tilting system

Enclosed cargo trailer

Features fold down ramp and side door for easy access to cargo

Several configurations

West Coast USA - Expansion

New island called “Spearleaf Island”

Adds one new spawn location which is a refinery

Can be found where the bridge looping bridge was, as a new exit.

Also features a new dealership, docks and a movie studio lot, as well as an update to fuel stations.

New Missions

Several new missions in West Coast USA, Jungle Rock Island and Small Island.

Previously main menu exclusive time trials are now missions in freeroam.

New recovery options allows for you to flip or recover onto the road without needing to restart.

Gear Shifting Reworks

Several updates to how realistic manual Gear changes works. BeamNG now takes the time you hold down the gear shift button into account, for example, a race car will need to have it’s button hold down for less time than a semi-truck.

Experimental VR Support

Any VR Headset that supports the OpenXR Standard (Which nearly all modern headsets do) Should support it.

Blender JBeam Editor

A new plugin for Blender that allows for modders to create JBeam parts, import existing parts and edit existing ones.

Additional improvements

Gas stations and Electric Charging Stations now work across all maps.

They only fill your car with the types of fuel that your car takes (Or electricity, if it’s electric).

Improvement to marker’s look.

Additional improvements to various cars, such as the Autobello Piccolina, Civetta Scintilla and ETK I-Series

Additional improvements to gate and suspension bridge props, new road sign variants and hay bales can now be stacked.

Additional bug fixes and improvements.

career Mode Early Preview

A new tutorial has been added, which teaches how to play career, how to inspect and buy a new vehicle and how to test drive them and the basics of insurance.

Additionally, there are improvements to vehicle management inventory and parts shopping.

Additional Infomation

It has been announced that BeamNG 0.30.0 Will be the first version to use the new numbering scheme.