BeaterCore Parts Tier List
S-tier keeps you in heat three. D-tier looks good on a shelf.
If BeaterCore has a meta, it is in the auto parts store, not in a hidden chassis. This list ranks parts by whether they finish a three-heat event. Prices move. Wear rates already moved once (engine wear −50%, oil wear −30% in the 0.2.1-era pass). Roles stay put.
Shop with garage repair open in another tab and pack with field repair. A tutorial wheel around 500 cash is the budget tutor. Do not fight it.
S — Event fails if you skip it
Roof spare tire. Does not eat trunk space. Auto-mounts on race reset. The single best “part” in the game. If you only buy one thing after the prologue, buy this. Ranked above everything because heat two does not care about your lap time.
Tires that match the next surface. Ice, dirt, holes, dry autumn — tuning is the why. A matching set on the car plus the roof spare is the real S-tier loadout. Mixed bald rubber is not a personality.
Engine oil on a long day. Three heats drink fluid even after wear cuts. A bottle in the trunk is S when the booking is long or hot; A when you are doing a short clean trial with a fresh sump. When in doubt, pack it.
A — Strong value, buy when stock exists
Spark plugs. They can fail. Misfires steal launches. Small in the trunk. A-tier on any save that has already felt a dead plug.
Air filter. Playtests call it out as dirty early. Cheap. Does not win contact events by itself. Wins you a car that still breathes in heat three. HUD warnings about a dirty filter are not flavor.
Second cheap wheel in the trunk. The roof spare covers one reset. Contact and potholes can ask for two. If cubes remain after oil and plugs, this is the extra. If cubes do not remain, skip it and drive politely.
B — After the first honest week
Extra seasonal set in the garage. Not in the trunk. A winter set on a shelf so you stop panic-buying on the calendar. B until you own S and A. Then it becomes how you play the hub week.
Stockpile oil. A pantry, not a warehouse. Rest a day if the store is empty rather than racing dry.
C — Useful, not urgent
Garage furniture. Lets you stockpile like a person. Later patches made stalls larger because people used them. Still C until the car finishes events. Shelves do not mount a spare.
Cosmetic body bits. Rust is the art direction. Chrome does not add grip. Buy when you are bored and solvent.
D — New-wallet traps
A second project’s leftover junk in the trunk. Mixed piles waste cubes and make interact a lottery in the field window.
Bald “spares.” Dead rubber is clutter. Dump it. Players already ask how to get rid of low-durability parts; the answer is stop packing them.
Furniture before a spare. The stall looks lived-in. The event ends on heat one.
How to spend a 500-cash brain
- Spare on the roof.
- Tires for this week’s season.
- Oil.
- Plugs / filter.
- Extra wheel if space.
- Furniture last.
That order survives career and multiplayer because wear is the same. Online is not a parts-off arcade. LAN is not a parts-off arcade. Split-screen will still pop a tire in front of your friends.
When a patch retunes wear, re-read patch notes and keep the roles. If oil becomes cheaper to ignore, it drops to A. The spare never drops. The spare is the game.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to the most common BeaterCore questions.
What is the first part I should buy?
A spare tire for the roof. It auto-mounts on reset and skips the trunk. Then match tires to the next event — getting started walks the purchase.
Are spark plugs really worth a trunk cube?
Yes once you have the spare and oil. They can fail, and a misfire steals heat three. See garage repair.
Should furniture be a day-one buy?
No. Furniture is C-tier until the car finishes three-heat events. Rank it under rubber, oil, and plugs.
Do online races use a different parts meta?
No. Wear matches career. Pack the S-tier loadout or spectate after the first pileup — multiplayer.