ICST 2025 Recap & Exciting Updates

Dear BeamNG Community,

We are thrilled to share a recap of our participation at ICST 2025 in Naples, where we showcased BeamNG.tech as a powerful tool for scenario-based testing and software verification. It was an exciting event filled with insightful discussions, innovative presentations, and meaningful collaborations!

Additionally, we have exciting updates to share about our latest release and the continuous expansion of the BeamNG.tech architecture.

BeamNG at ICST25 – Scenario-Based Testing Tutorial

As part of the conference, Alessio Gambi & Chrysanthi Papamichail presented a “Hands-on Tutorial on Scenario-based Testing”, demonstrating the power of realistic simulation environments in advancing software testing methodologies.

For those who couldn’t attend, we have made the presentation materials and related research paper available for download:

👉 Download Paper Here

We were excited to connect with fellow researchers, industry experts, and testing professionals about how BeamNG.tech contributes to safer and more reliable autonomous systems!

BeamNG.tech 0.35 Release – What’s New?

We're also thrilled to announce the latest release of BeamNG.tech 0.35, packed with important updates and new features.

BeamNG.tech v0.35 brings enhancements to simulation workflows and data collection. This update delivers performance upgrades to support seamless integration and tools improvements. Let us highlight here the new experimental headless mode, improvements on the World Editor to Python API cooperability, performance and functionality enhancements to the Python API itself and improved user-experience with our Simulink interface.

👉 Read the full BeamNG.tech 0.35 release notes

BeamNG.tech v0.35 also includes all updates from the BeamNG.drive 0.35 release and hotfixes; read the BeamNG.drive patch notes here.

BeamNG.tech: Expanding Our Architecture to Meet Industry Needs

BeamNG.tech is continuously evolving to support a variety of use cases across industries, including:

  • ADAS & Autonomous Driving Testing

  • Vehicle Modeling & Simulation

  • Driver Training & Education

  • Forensic Research & Accident Reconstruction and more

Our robust modular architecture enables seamless integration with external tools and frameworks, providing flexibility for researchers, developers, and industry professionals especially in automotive industry.

The following diagram shows the main components of BeamNG.tech, its supplemental software and the interactions between these components.

  • Advanced Physics Core: Industry-leading soft-body physics for realistic vehicle dynamics.

  • Extensible Game Engine: Open APIs for modes, scenarios, and traffic management.

  • Vehicle LUA System: Customizable controllers, ADAS functions, and networking capabilities.

  • External Tool Connectivity: ROS1 & ROS2, MATLAB, Simulink, and FMU integration for co-simulation workflows.

  • Scalability & Interoperability: Features BeamNGpy, UDP protocols, and OpenDRIVE support to enhance testing environments.

👉 For more information, check our Documentation

As BeamNG.tech continues to grow, we remain committed to enhancing simulation capabilities by addressing the needs of automotive researchers, OEMs, and academic institutions worldwide.

Looking Ahead

We're looking forward to further collaborations and research partnerships, as well as exciting upcoming developments for BeamNG.tech.

Would you like to collaborate with us or explore more about our work? Let's connect and explore how we can advance the future of autonomous vehicle evaluation, physics-based vehicle modeling, immersive driver training, accident reconstruction - and other simulation applications, both established and emerging.

Thank you for being part of our journey, and stay tuned for more updates!

Best regards,

The BeamNG.tech Team