The Hawk (Story Campaign) for BeamNG.drive
A retro-styled police story campaign: follow detective Lamar Hawkins in a pilot episode with narrative chapters, driving challenges and original music.
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What this mod does
The Hawk is a story campaign for BeamNG.drive, a retro-styled police procedural. You follow detective Lamar Hawkins in what’s presented as the premiere of a fictional TV series from the «Lens Flare Network».
What it offers
- A full pilot episode that appears in the Scenarios menu.
- Narrative-heavy chapters mixed with driving challenge chapters.
- Original music by the author in most chapters.
- Lots of extra scenery added to West Coast USA for the story.
- Somewhat strong language, as the author warns.
Saves and progress
Progress resets to the start of each chapter. The save is stored in a .json file inside the settings folder of your user folder (cloud, saves, theHawk subfolder); if the story gets stuck, deleting that file fixes it. The author warns that this system may clash with some antivirus programs.
Compatibility and known bugs
Version 0.36, from April 2026, updates it for 0.38 and integrates it better with the mission system. It’s a complex scenario that may break with future game versions. When you replay a chapter in the same session, text or music may fail to load, and all the music plays through the «Other» audio channel, so muting it will also silence horns and sirens. The extra scenery may cost some performance in West Coast USA Freeroam.
User rating
Highlights and things to keep in mind
- Scripted story with a retro setting rarely seen in BeamNG
- Original music
- Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 27 reviews
- Beta: may break with game updates
- Latest version updated for 0.38; may need an update for 0.39 and 0.40
- The added scenery may affect performance in West Coast USA
Requirements
- BeamNG.drive 0.38
- About 104 MB of free space for the .zip file
How to install it
- Open the The Hawk 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, without unzipping it, into the mods folder inside your BeamNG.drive user folder (the launcher opens it via Manage User Folder).
- Launch the game and check in the Mod Manager that it's enabled.
- In the main menu, open Scenarios and pick The Hawk to start the pilot episode.
Version history
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0.3614 Apr 2026Current
0.38 compatibility and better integration with the mission system.
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—2 Oct 2025
Fixes and quality-of-life improvements.
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—14 Oct 2024
First version released on the Repository.
Common problems
The story is stuck, what do I do?
Delete the .json save file in the settings folder, cloud, saves, theHawk subfolder, of your user folder.
Why does muting the music silence the sirens?
Due to a BeamNG limitation, all the music uses the Other audio channel, which also includes horns and sirens.
Are there more episodes?
Only the pilot for now; the author has more planned, but none in development.
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