Improved Vehicle Damage App for BeamNG.drive
Improved vehicle damage app: three visual styles, clearer failure messages and new warnings, with a settings menu and translations. Updated for 0.39.
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What this mod does
Improved Vehicle Damage App replaces and improves the HUD app that shows your vehicle’s damage. Its author started from BeamNG’s original code because he found the stock app unclear, and he has kept polishing it with updates almost every month.
What it improves
- Three visual styles: transparent, green and white.
- Better-looking damage messages with text that fits properly on screen.
- Icons don’t revert to a less severe color once more serious damage has been recorded.
- Better handling of temporary damage, such as over-revving or excess torque.
- New warnings, some specific to certain vehicles, such as turbo overheating.
- A settings menu to customize it and translation into the game’s official languages.
Who it’s for
It’s useful for anyone who plays Career mode or does mechanical testing, because it lets you see at a glance which part of the car is failing. It’s just over 1 MB and doesn’t change the game’s physics.
Compatibility
Version 3.2.3, from August 2026, adapted the app to 0.39, and the latest, 3.3.1, was released on September 25, 2026. The author warns that when you switch vehicles, the damage sometimes doesn’t show up right away.
User rating
Highlights and things to keep in mind
- Very lightweight and easy to configure
- Clearer and more complete failure warnings than the stock app
- Frequent updates and adapted to 0.39
- Sometimes doesn't show damage right after switching vehicles
- Few ratings so far (16)
- You have to add it to the HUD layout manually
Requirements
- BeamNG.drive 0.39 or later
- Nothing else: it doesn't need other mods
How to install it
- Quick option: in the main menu open Repository, search for Improved Vehicle Damage App and click Subscribe.
- Manual option: download the .zip from the official Repository page and don't unzip it.
- Copy the .zip into %LOCALAPPDATAamNGBeamNG.drivecurrentmods (create the mods folder if it doesn't exist).
- Once in-game, open the HUD apps with Shift + Alt + U and click Edit layout.
- Add the improved damage app to the layout and remove the stock one if you don't want to see both.
- If an icon doesn't update, click it to refresh it.
Version history
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3.2.413 Aug 2026Current
Fixed auto-hide and added a Japanese translation
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3.2.34 Aug 2026
Adapted to 0.39 and a new turbo overheating warning
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3.2.221 Jul 2026
Fixed the over-revving and excess torque warnings
Common problems
Does it replace the original damage app?
It's an improved version that you add as a HUD app; you can remove the original from the layout so you don't have both.
It doesn't show damage after switching cars, is it broken?
It's a known issue: it sometimes takes a while to reflect damage after switching vehicles. Click the icons to refresh them.
Is it available in Spanish?
The author mentions translation into all the game's official languages; the full list isn't specified.
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