Gravitational Racing for BeamNG.drive
Racing on space tracks where planets, stars and black holes create dynamic gravity: 21 scenarios with medals, collectibles and shortcuts.
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What this mod does
Gravitational Racing is the sequel to Gravitational Stunting and turns BeamNG.drive into a space racing game. The tracks float among moving celestial bodies that pull on your car according to their laws of motion and gravitation, so the racing line is constantly changing.
What’s included
- 21 scenarios, including a tutorial and a bonus scenario, across four difficulties: basic, advanced, expert and insane.
- A hub world from which you access every track and see your progress.
- The eight planets, stars of the most common spectral types (including the Sun), a neutron star and a black hole.
- Goals for each scenario: time, number of restarts and a hidden collectible.
- Shortcuts unlocked with colored keys, and a unique sky for each difficulty.
How to play
New tracks unlock when you complete the previous one or earn medals and collectibles. A custom checkpoint system lets you return to the last one you passed with the H key (the horn key). If you open the console during a scenario, you’ll see data for each celestial body, such as its mass and radius.
Compatibility
The author maintains it without adding content: its latest update, from December 2025, fixed the scenarios with the Hirochi Sunburst during the 0.37 era. It doesn’t state compatibility with 0.39 or 0.40.
User rating
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Highlights and things to keep in mind
- Original idea: racing with dynamic gravity
- Lots of content: 21 scenarios across four difficulties
- Perfect user rating (5/5)
- 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
- Latest update during the 0.37 era
- The higher difficulties are very demanding
- The author asks for bugs to be sent via private message
Requirements
- BeamNG.drive 0.37
- About 96 MB of free space for the .zip file
How to install it
- Open the Gravitational Racing page on the official BeamNG Repository.
- Click Download to get the .zip, or click Subscribe to install it 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.
- Open the Scenarios menu and start with the tutorial to understand the gravity of each celestial body.
- From the hub world, choose the track and use the H key to return to the last checkpoint.
Version history
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1.4.11 Dec 2025Current
Fix for the Hirochi Sunburst scenarios, which didn't load because the vehicle was renamed in the game.
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—8 Jul 2024
Legacy Update: brought up to date with the game and fixed most accumulated bugs.
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—23 Dec 2021
Compatibility with 0.24.1: the vehicle spawns again and sky issues are fixed.
Common problems
How do I return to the last checkpoint?
With the H key, which is the horn by default.
How do I unlock more tracks?
By completing the previous scenario or collecting medals and collectibles.
Is it still getting new content?
No: the author keeps it in maintenance mode and only releases fixes to keep it working.
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