AWS Tornado MOD for BeamNG.drive
Volumetric tornadoes and full supercells with winds that push, flip and lift cars, plus hail, rain and an on-screen weather radar.
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What this mod does
AWS Tornado MOD brings storm chasing to BeamNG.drive. It spawns volumetric tornadoes under a full supercell, with a base, wall cloud, updraft tower and anvil, and its wind really acts on vehicles.
What’s included
- 22 tornado types, from thin rope tornadoes to wide wedges, rated EF0 to EF5.
- A supercell with a wall cloud, rain curtains and a hail core.
- Wind that pushes, flips and lifts cars, spreading the force across the whole body.
- Hail that pelts your vehicle when you’re under the core, without spawning hailstones.
- The vortex drags scenery objects along.
- An NWS-style radar with reflectivity, velocity, warnings and storm tracks.
- Quality settings, temporal accumulation and cloud shadows.
Controls
Alt + W opens the main menu, where you spawn the tornado and choose its type, EF rating and settings. Alt + R shows the radar on screen.
Performance and compatibility
It’s a beta built for 0.39.4 and it’s very heavy on the graphics card at high quality: if your frame rate drops, lower the quality setting or the render scale. Version 1.5.0, from October 19, 2026, improves the tornado shader and how it spawns. If you find bugs, the author asks you to attach your beamng.log file in the mod’s thread.
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Highlights and things to keep in mind
- Spectacular tornadoes that move and lift cars
- 22 tornado types and a weather radar
- Updated on October 19, 2026
- Beta: may have bugs
- Very demanding on the GPU at high quality
- The current game version is 0.40 (released October 19, 2026): the mod doesn't list it and may need an update; after a major update the game disables mods and you have to re-enable them
Requirements
- BeamNG.drive 0.39
- A powerful graphics card for high quality
How to install it
- Open the AWS Tornado MOD page on the official BeamNG Repository.
- Click Download to get the .zip, or subscribe from the in-game Repository (Subscribe button).
- If you download it manually, copy the .zip, without unzipping it, into the mods folder inside your BeamNG.drive user folder (the launcher opens it via Manage User Folder).
- Launch the game and check in the Mod Manager that it's enabled.
- In the game, press Alt + W to open the menu and spawn a tornado; Alt + R opens the radar.
Version history
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1.5.019 Oct 2026Current
Improvements to the tornado shader and spawning; bug fixes.
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—13 Oct 2026
First version released on the Repository.
Common problems
My frame rate is terrible, what do I do?
Lower the mod's quality setting or the render scale: at high quality it's very demanding on the GPU.
Does the hail damage the car?
Yes, it hits your vehicle when you're under the storm's core, although it doesn't spawn visible hailstones.
Where do I report bugs?
In the mod's thread, attaching your beamng.log file.
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