Extra AI Race Mission for BeamNG.drive
Races against the AI with six arcade-style modes, from regular races to elimination and Road Rage crashes, on West Coast USA and other official maps.
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What this mod does
Extra AI Race Mission expands BeamNG.drive’s AI races with an arcade approach. You play it from Freeroam mode: find the mission on the big map, tweak the options and start racing against opponents controlled by the game.
Race modes
- Race: a regular race against the AI.
- Time Attack: solo laps to beat your best time.
- Eliminator: every so often the last-place driver is eliminated and their car explodes.
- Road Rage: you score points by running opponents off the road, with boost and air control.
- Gimmick Race: a kart-style race with special pads (requires the Gimmick Pad mod).
- Thrill Drive: a race on open roads with traffic and a final screen listing your traffic violations.
Options and maps
You can choose the route, number of laps, reverse direction, number of opponents and their vehicle group (modded cars included), traffic and time of day. If you go off track, you respawn at the last checkpoint, just like the AI. West Coast USA has all six modes; East Coast USA, Italy and Utah have five; and other official maps such as Industrial, Hirochi Raceway or Johnson Valley have between three and four.
Compatibility
It only works in Freeroam, not in Scenarios or Career. Version 0.6.0 came out on October 15, 2026, before 0.40, so it may need a tweak for the new game version. If you’re coming from 0.5.x, your settings and custom vehicle groups are reset.
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Highlights and things to keep in mind
- Six very different race modes
- Lots of options: opponents, traffic, laps and time of day
- Updated in October 2026 by a very active author
- The current game version is 0.40 (October 19, 2026): the mod doesn't list it and may need an update; also, after a major update the game disables mods and you have to re-enable them
- Freeroam only, not Career
- Some users point out that the AI sometimes crashes into the player or doesn't see the other opponents well
- Moving to 0.6.0 wipes your 0.5.x settings and results
Requirements
- BeamNG.drive 0.39
- Gimmick Pad mod only if you want to play the Gimmick Race mode
How to install it
- Open the Extra AI Race Mission page on the official BeamNG Repository.
- Click Download to get the .zip, or Subscribe to have it installed from the in-game Repository.
- If you download it manually, copy the .zip (don't unzip it) into the mods folder in your user folder (AppData > Local > BeamNG > BeamNG.drive > current > mods; the launcher opens it with Manage User Folder).
- Launch the game and check in the Mod Manager that it's enabled.
- Go to Freeroam on a compatible map (for example West Coast USA) and find the mission for the mode you want on the big map.
- Set the route, opponents, traffic and time of day, and start the race.
Version history
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0.6.015 Oct 2026Current
Six race modes grouped on the big map (Race, Time Attack, Eliminator, Road Rage, Gimmick Race and Thrill Drive); settings and custom groups are reset.
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—11 May 2026
Fixes for player vehicle selection, unreachable checkpoints and vehicle group creation.
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—23 Oct 2025
BeamNG.drive 0.37 compatibility, fixes to opponent starts and tweaks for creating custom groups; traffic off by default.
Common problems
I can't see the mission on the map, what do I do?
Turn on the Freeroam mission markers in the gameplay options (Freeroam Gameplay Markers).
Does it work in Career mode?
No: the author says it's only available in Freeroam.
Can I race against modded cars?
Yes, you can create custom vehicle groups that include cars from other mods.
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