How to make a car your own in GTA 5

One of the most interesting areas of modding in GTA 5 is replacing cars in GTA 5 on PC with their real prototypes. In this article we will describe in detail all the possible stages of replacing cars in GTA 5 on PC. Before starting, we recommend that you always make backups of the files you are replacing.

Replacing a car in GTA 5 using the program

On this moment To automatically install cars in GTA 5, you can use the program. The principle of operation of this program is simple, you just need to specify the desired path to the folder which is indicated in the description for each mod and click the install button.

Manual method installation is described below.

How to install mods on cars in GTA 5 on PC

And so, in order to add a car to GTA 5 you need to:

Install the program . This program is a multifunctional editor and archive manager for GTA 5.
The next stage is the most difficult, you need to find the location of the vehicle model files. The difficulty lies in the fact that model files can be located in different folders. Below we provide possible paths for the location of vehicle models (“GTA 5” at the beginning of the path will mean the root folder of the game). Please note that the description for each mod will always indicate the required installation path:

— GTA5\x64e.rpf\levels\gta5\vehicles.rpf\(this path is most common)
— GTA5\update\x64\dlcpacks\patchday2ng\levels\gta5\vehicles.rpf\
— GTA5\x64w.rpf\dlcpacks\mphipster\dlc.rpf\x64\levels\gta5\vehicles\mphipstervehicles.rpf\

— By following the necessary paths in the OpenIV program, you will find vehicle model files with the extensions .yft, .ytd, _hi.yft. We will replace these files. - You need to activate the editing mode in OpenIV before you start replacing files, this is done like this - open the “File” tab -> select the “editing mode” item. To activate the editing mode, click on the button marked in the screenshot below:

— Now unpack the archive with the vehicle model files, select the files with the extensions .yft, .ytd, _hi.yft mouse and transfer them to the program window.

Please note that on our website, in each mod we indicate detailed instructions on their installation and indicate all the necessary installation paths. Therefore, if you follow the instructions, you will not have any problems with installation.

That's all, we have described all the necessary steps for replacing vehicle models in GTA 5 on PC. We hope it will come out soon special program, which will allow you to easily replace cars in the game.

If you have any difficulties in replacing machines, describe your problem in the comments, we will try to help you.

GTA 5 has a huge collection of all kinds of vehicles, which can satisfy the needs of almost all fans of this series of games from Rockstar Games, as well as ordinary enthusiasts. However, sometimes in GTA 5 you want to see some unusual car, which, in principle, cannot be in the world of the Car Theft. What to do in this case?

Answer: just take it and add it to the game. You can easily find files on the Internet with the car you need, and then insert them into GTA 5. In total, there are three ways in which you can add the desired vehicles to the last part of GTA - by replacement, automatically and by add-on. IN this manual we will look at these methods. First, let's look at the replacement method,

How to install cars in GTA 5

Installing mods on cars in GTA 5 - replacement method

First, let's turn to the method of installing a vehicle in GTA 5 through replacement, since it is much more reliable than its automatic version. To start installing the desired vehicles, you need to go to the official website of the OpenIV utility and download its latest version from there.

As soon as you download the installer to your computer, run the file ovisetup.exe and install the OpenIV utility in the specified directory (it cannot be changed). This is where the most difficult stage begins. Having previously downloaded the car you need from a third-party resource, you have probably already read on the mod’s page that its use is carried out by the principle of replacing the files of the original vehicle with those of the modified one.

In order to best explain the process of replacing one vehicle with another, let us look at one small example. The process will be explained using the example of the Bugatti Veyron mod, with which you can add the car of the same name to the GTA 5 game world. Download the archive with this mod, and then extract the files from it to any directory convenient for you on your computer, for example, to your Desktop. So, to add a Bugatti Veyron replacement in GTA 5, you will need to do the following:

open installed program OpenIV;
indicate which game you want to interact with and set the path to the game’s executive file - GTA5.exe;
Next, you need to activate the Editing mode in the utility - click the corresponding button in the window menu bar;
go to the directory GTAV\mods\x64e.rpf\levels\gta5\vehicles.rpf
highlight extracted files Adder.yft, Adder_hi.yft, Adder.ytd(they are located in the Replace folder of the downloaded mod) and drag them into the OpenIV program window;

Ready. Confirm the replacement of the original Adder files, after which real Bugatti Veyrons will start racing on the streets of Los Santos instead. As you can understand, the process of adding a car via replacement in GTA 5 is extremely simple and does not take more than five or ten minutes.

Of course, different transport mods will have different directories for replacing the original vehicles, so you will always have to carefully read the information posted by the author of the modification. As a rule, most of the vehicles you need will be located in the following three directories:

GTA5\x64e.rpf\levels\gta5\vehicles.rpf
GTA5\update\x64\dlcpacks\patchday2ng\levels\gta5\vehicles.rpf\
GTA5\x64w.rpf\dlcpacks\mphipster\dlc.rpf\x64\levels\gta5\vehicles\mphipstervehicles.rpf\

In most cases, you will have to open these three directories in OpenIV Edit mode, but there may be others. Many users also ask the question from time to time: how to find an added car in GTA 5? The answer is extremely simple and, having read the material on this page, you have probably already guessed what it is: by the name of the previously replaced transport. You are replacing the original vehicle with a modified one, which means that the name will remain exactly the same.

Installation of cars in GTA 5 is automatic

Ok, if for some reason you do not want to perform the above steps with OpenIV, despite the fact that they are extremely simple, you can use a utility called Vehicle Installer, which will automatically replace the original vehicle with the downloaded modification. Download it from any source convenient for you, and then run it.

A small window with several parameters will appear in front of you. Frankly, the Vehicle Installer program is essentially semi-automatic, so you still have to tinker a little with the settings in it, but everything is much simpler than in the installation method discussed above. Without further delay, let's figure out what you need to do to install a new vehicle in GTA 5.

Load the vehicle you need and place it in any convenient place. Again, you can place it on your desktop.
Find in the instructions for the transport mod the directory in which you will need to make the replacement, and remember it.
Open the Vehicle Installer utility.
Select the directory where the root folder with your GTA 5 installation is located.
Then select the archive with the loaded vehicle.
Now check the box next to the option that will determine which folder to install the mod in - main or for add-ons (see the instructions for the mod).
Click on the “Install” button.

Ready. Automatic installation Using the Vehicle Installer program is much easier, but you still need to use minimal effort.

How to add a car without replacing it in GTA 5?

After reading the above instructions, you may have another question: is it possible to add some kind of transport to GTA 5, but not replace anything from the original content with it? Of course, there is such a possibility. This method is called adding an addon to the game - and we will now look at how to add a car without replacing it in GTA 5.

We will again consider the process of installing an addon in the form of transport using the example of the Bugatti Veyron modification, which we used in the paragraph about the replacement method. To add an addon to GTA 5, you will again need to resort to the services of the OpenIV program. So if you don’t have it yet, download and install it from the above link.

Once everything is ready, do the following:

drag the folder "BUGATTI" into the directory mods\update\x64\dlcpacks\;
open OpenIV in Edit mode and then go to mods\update\update.rpf\common\data;
copy the file dlclist.xml, add the line to it dlcpacks:\bugatti\ , and then return it back with a replacement;
copy extratitleupdatedata.meta, add the line to it
dlc_BUGATTI:/
update:/dlc_patch/BUGATTI/
,
and then return it back with a replacement;
save your changes and close OpenIV.

Adding an addon to GTA 5 is also not difficult: insert the vehicle addon files into GTA files 5, and then using OpenIV we added several lines to certain lists. Of course, in the modification instructions for the vehicle you need, you may need to do some things a little differently, but the general principle will remain the same. Also, do not forget that you will need to resort to the services of trainers or other utilities with which you can call added vehicles into the game world.

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GTA game series– a unique product of its kind. Ever since the third part, which was on everyone's favorite PlayStation 2 consoles, the game has provided a lot of content and opportunities, based on the most important values of the American dream, namely, complete freedom of action and rapid enrichment. And if the second is characteristic not only of games in the GTA series, but also of many others, then with freedom the “great thief” is doing very well. And indeed, at that time the choice was truly grandiose. The machines differed not only in color and shape, but were also different in terms of physical aspects. And if desired, any stolen car could be easily repainted. IN further development series appeared motorcycles and mopeds (GTA Vice City), boats and aircraft (the same Vice City), bicycles ( GTA San Andreas) etc.

And so, the culmination today is the magnificent GTA 5, with its huge selection of all kinds of transport equipment, excellent physics, and, of course, wide tuning possibilities.

GTA 5 is also unique in that each of the characters in the game has their own car, in which they can drive through the streets of sunny Los Santos. Michael has an expensive Tailgater (Audi A6 prototype). Franklin has a simpler car at his disposal - the Buffalo S (the prototype of which is most likely the Chevrolet Camaro). Well, crazy Trevor prefers to drive around in a shabby pickup truck.

Despite the amazing choice of cars, many players get tired of driving the same car, so a reasonable question arises - how to change the main car in GTA 5?

“We are rooting ourselves deep into the problem!” Let's start with the fact that in GTA 5 it is not very common to buy cars. According to the glorious tradition of the series, it is easier to steal a car than to buy it. Having met a car you like, all you have to do is throw out the driver (or break the glass if the car is parked), get behind the wheel and drive off to your garage. However, in the fifth part, not all the cars in the game drive freely along the city streets. There are also unique specimens that can only be purchased. It's very easy to do.

You need to go to the transport equipment sales website via phone and place an order. A certain amount will be debited from the account, and the purchase can be found in the garage. After which you can safely pick it up from there. It should be remembered that if the purchased car is destroyed, it will be lost forever, and in order to get behind the wheel again, you will have to fork out for a new copy again.

But, in principle, there is no exact answer to the question regarding whether how to change the main car in GTA 5- it never happened; the whole point is that, alas, it is impossible to do this. And if PC owners can still hope that someday an amateur modification will be released that will add such an opportunity to the game, then for people playing on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One(not to mention PS3 and Xbox 360) there are no options at all. In this case, we can only recommend using tuning of the main cars in Los Santos Customs, fortunately there are enough opportunities there. If desired, the car can be changed almost beyond recognition, and you can see how to do this in the video below!

The long-awaited shooter GTA 5 has pleased many gamers with its unusual gameplay, unique abilities of the characters, plot development and all other subtleties that add characteristic contrast and approximate realism to the game. After four long years of intense and fruitful work, the American publisher Rockstar Games presented in September 2013 the fifteenth game in the Grand series Theft Auto GTA5.

The creators return us to the much-loved state of San Andreas in its best time. Now you will run through the streets of the fictional city of Los Santos, the prototype of which is Los Angeles. It is worth noting that for the first time in the history of the entire Grand Theft Auto series, you will have to control three main characters at once, between whom you can switch almost at any time. Accordingly, users have a lot of questions regarding some of the subtleties of the game. For example, one of the most asked of them sounds like this: how to change the main car in GTA 5 ? Now we'll figure it out.

In order not to mislead our reader, we immediately note that there is practically no direct opportunity to change the main machine. You can find this answer on many forums. Why is that? Yes, because these vehicles are often used in missions. They are an integral part of the plot. For example, Michael drives a sedan. His task is to catch up with the target. All the characteristics of this car allow you to balance the level of passage. That is, the task is doable, but also quite difficult. This balance allows the player to follow the scenario clearly. The point is not only this, but also that changing the car in a mission would break the entire gameplay.

However, do not despair ahead of time, because there is an alternative way out of this situation. Let's take a closer look at it.

Purchasing through an online store

To begin with, let us emphasize that the heroes’ capabilities expand as they complete missions. At the same time, your capital increases. During this time, you can already afford to buy the desired car using your phone, which will soon show off in your garage along with your main transport. There are about 257 vehicles of different categories in the game. So, the choice before you will be quite wide and varied. To place an order, follow these steps:

get it cellular telephone hero;
select the “Internet” function;
on the “Eyefind.info” website, select the “Travel and Transport” section;
Select your favorite online store from the list provided;
select the car you are interested in (or another type of transport) and make a purchase.

You need to look for a purchase in the garage. But remember, if your “swallow” is completely broken, it will be lost forever and you will have to make the purchase again. If your car is confiscated by the police, look for it at the nearest impound lot. Let’s add that in online stores there are brands that you won’t see on the street. Therefore, if you want an exclusive car, you will have to fork out some money.

Car theft

The most commonplace and easiest way to get a new vehicle without much effort. Try to do this in a sparsely populated place so as not to run into the cops. In principle, this is the main ideological element of this game, since its name literally translates as “The Great Car Robbery.” But, of course, your choice will be limited. It is unlikely that you will be lucky enough to meet any sports car. To prevent your vehicle from disappearing without a trace, store it in a garage.

Tuning

If you are worried that you can’t find a way to change your car, and you don’t have much money, then this method is for you. Upgrade your car in the coolest workshop, Los Santos Customs. There are a decent amount of opportunities there, thanks to which you can change your car almost beyond recognition. You can tune both cars and motorcycles. Los Santos Customs garages are scattered throughout the city. Access to them will be unlocked immediately after completing the mission “Father and Son”. Having arrived there, you will have a conversation with the mechanic, in which you select the necessary improvements. Then pay the money and...that's all. Your car will find a new life.

Amateur modification

This option only applies to playing on PC, since such add-ons are not available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Modmakers are now actively working to ensure that users not only have the opportunity to change the main car, but also choose brands that were not previously in GTA 5. That is, they want to add other vehicle models. According to many, this will significantly refresh the game itself. Such mods will be freely available in the near future.

Cheat codes

This is, one might say, the traditional way to achieve what you want in the game. With the help of several combinations of letters and numbers, you can “decide” for yourself a cool car or another type of transport. However, when using cheat codes you should know some nuances: