Audi A4 B9 (2017) for BeamNG.drive
The B9-generation A4 is Audi’s compact executive sedan, and this 2017 build is put together for both player driving and busy AI traffic. It ships with 20 configurations, multiple engine options, and an optimized traffic model, so it slots cleanly into a populated map as background traffic and still holds up as the car you’re actually driving.
How it drives
With several engines and transmissions on offer, the A4 changes character depending on what you pick—milder setups suit relaxed daily driving while the stronger ones handle faster road testing. That means acceleration, braking distance, and throttle response shift between versions, so it’s worth comparing a few. Clean steering, early braking, and measured throttle give the most realistic result. City roads, highways, and traffic maps are its natural home.
Configs and customization
Across the 20 configurations you get automatic and manual gearboxes, a working interior gear selector, and a fully modeled engine that’s worth opening up for garage and inspection shots. Inside there are several interior color schemes and multiple steering wheel options; outside you can mix wheel designs with light and medium tint options for anything from a factory-clean build to a darker custom look. The lighting is fully wired—reverse lights, indicators, and plate illumination—and the 100% JBeam, with extra detail under the bumpers and fenders, handles front, side, and braking-mistake impacts. Crash results still vary with config, speed, angle, and impact location.
Installing is simple: drop the .zip straight into your BeamNG.drive mods folder — don’t unzip it — and it appears in the in-game selector. New to mods? Our BeamNG.drive installation guide walks through every step.
🔧 Our Test Notes
Hands-on notes from the CrashMods team
This B9 settles into a commuter rhythm almost immediately: clean steering, braking early, easing onto the throttle, and suddenly city blocks and highway stretches flow past the way they should. It rewards that measured pace, and the optimized traffic model means you can fill a busy map with these and let the sedan you're actually driving disappear into a crowd of its own kind. Between runs, we kept ducking into the garage, because the fully modeled engine and working interior gear selector make inspection stops worthwhile, and mixing wheel designs with light or medium tint shifts the look from factory-clean to something darker. Front and side hits deform convincingly too, with the full J-beam carrying extra detail under the bumpers and fenders. One tip: with twenty configurations spanning mild dailies and stronger road-test setups, acceleration and braking distances change enough between versions that it pays to sample two or three before settling. Tested on BeamNG 0.38.
