NOVA Overhaul provides graphics, weather, and a living world for BeamNG.drive in one mod. It changes how the game looks and feels, adding screen-space ray traced lighting and reflections, crash debris, fluids, adjusted traffic, pedestrians, birds, and many small details to make the maps feel lived in. Made for BeamNG.drive 0.40.*

Features
- Graphics: Screen-space ray traced global illumination and reflections, volumetric sun rays and fog, PBR looks, volumetric light cones, lit building windows at night, enhanced sky and clouds, larger water waves, varied road surfaces, wheel motion blur, "Realism" color grading, shooting stars, planes with contrails, and 3D gas-like tire smoke.
- Crashes and Damage: 3D debris (paint chips, plastic, panels, etc.) that casts shadows, AI hazard lights and stuck horns after accidents, and car alarms for parked vehicles.
- Fluids: Oil, petrol, and diesel leaks that leave puddles and trails.
- Traffic: Calm AI following rules with turn signals, time-of-day traffic density, police chases/stops, random events (escorts, breakdowns), drunk drivers at night, interactive honking/high beams, and audible music from some cars.
- Your Car: Automatic headlights and fog lights, and a flashlight for walking (L).
- Pedestrians and Birds: 8 animated pedestrian characters with dynamic behavior, sidewalk interactions, and ragdoll physics; AI traffic stops for pedestrians; visible drivers; and interactive seagull flocks.
- Sound: Music from buildings, distant church bells, sirens, train horns, countryside crickets, and pedestrian footsteps.
- Gameplay: Extended ranges for all tuning sliders.
- HUD and Settings: New Main Menu UI, pause menu quick switches, "Nova Overhaul" graphics options (Low to Ultra), density sliders for environment, and bindable keys for graphics and weather control.








Notes
The graphics features are demanding; they can be adjusted in Options > Graphics > Nova Overhaul. The mod replaces the options layout and volumetric cloud reconstruction shader, which may conflict with other graphics mods. Mod menus and messages are currently in German.

Installation Instructions
Subscribe or put nova_overhaul.zip into your mods folder.

Credits
- Pedestrian characters and animations: Mixamo
- Seagull by WildMesh3D
- A PRO