Smoke Dust FX for BeamNG.drive
All-new tire smoke and dust: a wheel temperature model, smoke that spins with the tire, light shafts and dust in the color of each surface.
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What this mod does
Smoke Dust FX, by mihaits, replaces BeamNG.drive’s tire smoke and dirt road dust with new particle effects. In its first two weeks it passed 11,000 downloads with an average rating of 4.6.
Smoke
- Temperature model: each tire heats up when it spins and cools down afterward; smoke appears when it’s hot and grows with the slip.
- The smoke spins with the wheel and gets flung off it, instead of coming from a single point.
- Burnouts with low clouds, a curtain around the car when drifting and a trail that lasts between 10 and 20 seconds.
- Lighting from six directions (sun, sky and the car’s lights), light shafts between trees and buildings, and wind based on the weather and the map.
Dust and dirt
Each surface has its own color (dirt, gravel, mud, sand, grass and snow), with tread trails, dust that hangs in the air and stones, clods or snow that get thrown off.
Settings and compatibility
You configure it in Esc > Mods > Smoke Dust FX. It doesn’t replace any game files. It was made for 0.39 with DirectX 12, and version 0.14.1, from October 20, 2026, adds compatibility with 0.40. After every game update it disables itself until the author adapts it, although you can force it on in the settings. Don’t use another smoke mod at the same time.
User rating
Highlights and things to keep in mind
- Much more realistic smoke and dust
- Lots of settings in the Mods menu
- Compatible with 0.40 since October 20
- It's in Alpha
- Incompatible with other smoke mods or mods that change particle shaders
- At night only the three brightest lights illuminate the smoke
Requirements
- BeamNG.drive 0.40 (designed for DirectX 12)
- About 20 MB of free space for the .zip file
How to install it
- Open the Smoke Dust FX 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 (don't unzip it) into the mods folder inside your BeamNG.drive user folder (AppData > Local > BeamNG > BeamNG.drive > current > mods).
- Launch the game and check in the Mod Manager that it's enabled.
- Open Esc > Mods > Smoke Dust FX to adjust the amount, the smoke duration and the dust.
Version history
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0.14.120 Oct 2026Current
0.40 compatibility, fixed dithering in volumetric shadows with temporal upscaling, smoke and dust that rise higher and blending when switching surfaces.
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—13 Oct 2026
Readjusted smoke emitters, new particle textures, less glare in sunlight and less dust at low speed.
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—5 Oct 2026
First version published.
Common problems
Why did the smoke disappear after updating the game?
The mod disables itself after every update until the author adapts it; there's a toggle in the settings to force it on.
My FPS drops a lot during burnouts, what do I do?
That's the most demanding part, especially with the camera inside the smoke; lower the Amount value in the settings.
Does it work in multiplayer or VR?
The author warns he hasn't tested it on Linux, in VR or in multiplayer yet.
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