Beamng Drive V0.17.0.2 <CONFIRMED · TUTORIAL>

The Automation Test Track’s texture streaming was leaking LOD (Level of Detail) assets.

Steam:
BeamNG.drive will auto-update. Verify files if issues occur:
Right-click BeamNG.drive → Properties → Local Files → Verify integrity of game files

Non-Steam:
Download the v0.17.0.2 patch from the official BeamNG customer portal.

Note: BeamNG.drive v0.17.0.2 is a legacy build. For the latest features, update to the current version via Steam or the official website. beamng drive v0.17.0.2

Alternatively, if you have a GOG copy, check GOG Galaxy’s "Manage Installation" → "Configure" → "Beta Channels".

Do not download shady "repacks" from torrent sites. The official method is free and safe for existing owners.

To understand the significance of v0.17.0.2, we must look back at the chaos and excitement of the initial v0.17 release. The flagship feature was the Automation Test Track—a sprawling, unfinished desert proving ground designed for speed and data logging. It was ambitious. It was vast. And it was buggy. The Automation Test Track’s texture streaming was leaking

Initial v0.17 builds suffered from:

Enter v0.17.0.2. Released approximately ten days after the main v0.17 launch, this patch was not about adding new content. It was a surgical strike aimed at stabilization. The devs at BeamNG GmbH listened to the community’s frantic forum posts and Discord reports, then delivered a patch that restored confidence.

One of the quietest but most impactful changes in v0.17.0.2 was to tire thermodynamics. In v0.17.0, tires would overheat unrealistically quickly when drifting, causing a sudden loss of grip that felt artificial. Note: BeamNG

v0.17.0.2 reverted and re-tuned the tire heat model, specifically for the sport and race compounds. The result was a much more progressive loss of grip—ideal for the new "Drift" scenario on East Coast USA's airfield.

Players immediately noticed that the ETK I-Series (BeamNG’s BMW analogue) became far more predictable at the limit. Oversteer correction became a matter of steering feel rather than fighting sudden snap-oversteer.