Node Based Tire Wear for BeamNG.drive

What this mod does

Node Based Tire Wear adds tire wear and temperature to BeamNG.drive. It’s made by Jesus Goose, who also created Advanced Engine Tuning and Wear and Individual Part Repair Menu, and it simulates friction, wear and mass on every node of the tire. That allows effects like flat spots from locking up the brakes or natural wear from wheel camber.

What’s included

• Per-node wear that changes the friction and mass of each point on the rubber.
• Rim, air, carcass and surface temperatures.
• Pressure that varies with map conditions and heat, and that you can change while driving.
• A per-node wear viewer and optional temperature apps.
• Save, load, repair, rotate and swap tires.
• Sliders to adjust the wear rate.

How to enable it

For performance reasons, it only works on vehicles fitted with the «Wheel Damage» part, which goes in the license plate design slot of the Vehicle Config. The author links an add-on that applies it to every vehicle.

Compatibility

Version 2.71 adds experimental support for Career mode. The mod page mentions 0.39 but not 0.40. Reviewers recommend it for endurance racing and track driving.

Mod video

Requirements

• BeamNG.drive 0.39 or later
• About 2 MB of free space for the .zip file

How to install it

1. Open the Node Based Tire Wear page on the official BeamNG Repository.
2. Click Download to get the .zip, or subscribe from the in-game Repository (Subscribe button).
3. If you download it manually, copy the .zip, without unzipping it, into the mods folder inside your BeamNG.drive user folder.
4. Launch the game and check in the Mod Manager that it's enabled.
5. In the Vehicle Config, fit the Wheel Damage part in the license plate design slot and, if you like, add the Tire Thermal Display and Tire Thermal Debug apps.

Version history

1. 2.7112 Oct 2026Current

   Experimental support for Career mode.

2. —30 Jul 2026

   UI fixes for 0.39.

3. —10 Jun 2026

   Fix for prop wheels.

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