The Upgrade Challenge! - BeamNG Drive

We return with the one race one upgrade challenge, with a few alterations to the rules we get some seriously close and interesting racing and strategy.

[SpeedBeastTheSpud]

For the 4th race, the reason for me stopping was i picked up a bumper, and it got stuck in my wheels and broke my steering.

[richardarthur-nycstories]

I would love to see this done where everyone starts with the exact same car. That way nobody is ridiculously OP and theoretically the best tactician will win.... save of course for the people deliberately trying to wreck themselves in race 4 for a better starting position 😂

[jgee]

"I have the speed, maybe brakes would be good"

30s later: "so I've gotten a giant turbo."

[longbowxmkii]

In the final I ran over a bumper that cut my tyre down, sad I wasn't able to give more of a challenge in it

[Shads]

I messed up in this one because I was consistently awful :P
My car at the end handled amazingly, but I only had 144hp lol

[Defective]

not sure how viable this would be, but it would be kinda funny to do horribly overpowered vehicles with no handling or brake or other upgrades and then have to selectively both upgrade and downgrade to get them drivable.

[Superplaynoob]

I love this races please do more of them

[UnHellequined]

Love this, lots of fun to see how everyone approached it. The one thing I've noticed is the competitive cars tend to be tires + tires, and 2 upgrades. Which makes a lot of sense, but really doesn't leave much room for interesting strategies since there's really only 2 upgrades to pick from knowing tires need to be sorted out. Making front and back tires one upgrade would make it an even more obvious pick, but allow a little more room for upgrade creativity. around them. Or, just setting the entire field to a one tire type for the entire race could work too, as everyone would have to be mindful of how much grip they have when picking upgrades.

[Pamani_]

Is there no option to put the box in the bed of the ute instead of the roof ? This would make it roll less and have better rear traction.

[drumstick]

ShadowMarine47s' car doing a wheelie at around 10:48 looked so dramatic and cool!
Awesome racing by all!

[lonerangernd]

Same idea but on the Race against the flood. This would be nice

[naschtara]

I really love these challenges/ tournaments and would love to see more of them!

Just one thing I'd like to see in the future: Tell us, how the points are given out in the races. How many points does first place get, second place etc?

[sebastiaomendonca]

This upgrade challenge is my favourite format. It's so interesting seeing how everyone decides to spend their upgrades, and even more so the inevitable unintended consequences.

[codemy]

Seems like a super easy win when you pick a modern car and just add power to it with tires.... should probably limit the list of cars to be more equal or use the same car altogether... older boats need far more upgrades to begin with to even be on par with a modern stock car

[thenamestevewastaken]

For this series the upgrades should be done as if you were doing them in real life, all 4 tyres, all 4 brakes, turbo kit etc.
Less silly but more competitive

[icegaming]

just realised that the automatic subtitles considers your car's revving music, I fully agree.

[Hunters_Games]

Rusky took the "typical subaru owner" to the max on that third race lol

[Defective]

lmao, speedbeast cheesing the final heat to get last place for two upgrades 😂

[craz]

I still think tire upgrades should be done as one thing. I don't think there's any reason to split it between front and rear

[ApollonDriver]

Adding weight on the car to match the power weight ratio isn't the best solution imo because it takes it's toll on the drivetrain, suspension, brakes, tires