Role guides

First car

A free 3-day car once you hold a license

Start

E at the LSIA Car Rental counter · /firstcar

Needs

Driver’s license · once per character

Length

3 days free

Models

Blista, Asea, Panto

1. E at the counter.

2. Browse with previous and next, pick one.

3. Take it

   Your first car at the counter

The first car cannot be sold, key-copied, insured or tuned. It is taken back at the end.

Self-service rental

City rental by the 30 minutes

Start

E at the Davis · LSIA · Legion Square rental

Needs

Driver’s license

Cost

$25 per 30 minutes · up to 2 hours · $100 deposit

Models

Dinka Blista, Pegassi Faggio

Return it within 40m of a rental point to get the deposit back.

Buying at a dealer

See cars in the showroom, pick a color, buy

Start

E at a dealership

Cost

Price + 8% sales tax · 15% on cars over $100,000

Pay

Cash or bank

Limit

20 cars per person · some models need a license

1. Pick a car with the type tabs and search.

2. Primary and secondary color from the palette on the left.

3. Turn it with A D or by dragging.

4. Buy → payment method · confirm registration

   Your car · take it out with /vg

Test drive

5 minutes on a road all to yourself

Start

Test drive button in the dealership showroom

Time

5 minutes · up to 10 an hour

Color

The one picked in the showroom

Getting out, running out of time or wrecking the car takes you back to the showroom, with the car you were looking at still there.

Finding a dealer

Find the dealership that sells a car

Command

/finddealership carname

Result

Up to 10 places that sell it

Lease

Drive for 20% down, pay weekly

Start

/lease carname confirm at a dealership

Terms

20% down · 10% interest · 12 weekly payments

List

/lease

Buyout

/leasebuyout plate confirm

Used car sales

Buy and sell cars between players

Seller

/sellvehicle price buyerID from the driver’s seat

Buyer

/buyplayervehicle · /buyplayervehicle cash or bank

Cancel

Seller /abortsale

1. The seller makes the offer from their car’s driver’s seat.

2. The buyer checks price and plate with /buyplayervehicle.

3. /buyplayervehicle cash or bank

   Ownership transferred

Engine and locks

Y engine, L lock, F hop in your car

Y

Engine on/off (driver’s seat)

L

Lock/unlock (car within 5m)

F

Your car locked: unlocks and gets in

Commands

/engine [on|off] · /vlock

No fuel or a broken engine means it won’t start.

Vehicle quick menus

X menu and Alt target menu

X → My vehicle

Lock, engine, trunk, doors, windows, hood, park, vehicle list

Hold Alt looking at a car

Lock, trunk, engine, vehicle menu

Vehicle menu

Your cars, their state, taking one out

Commands

/vmenu · /vg

Shows

Fuel, engine, body, registration, insurance, impound, tickets

Take out

From the list

A car parked with /vp comes back where you parked it. The map shows where.

Parking

Park right where you stop, even from the seat

Command

/vp

Where

Right where the car stands

Your home garage

/vp near the garage → stored inside

There is no city garage. Type /vp in the driver’s seat and you get out with the car parked on the spot.

Trunk

Put things in the car, take them out

Command

/vinv

Needs

A car you have keys to · unlocked

Weight

Depends on the model

Sharing keys

Give a friend keys, take them back

Give

/vduplicate playerID · within 3m

Take back

/vrevoke characterID · /takekey playerID

Take all back

/vkeyclear

Limit

20 per car

Doors, windows, hood

Windows, hood, convertible roof

/vdoor [1-4]

Seat window of the car you’re in

/vwindow

Window up/down

/vhood

Hood open/close

/convertible

Roof open/close while stopped

Seats and passengers

Switch seats, put people in and out

/vseat [number]

Seats · 1 is the driver

/putinvehicle playerID seat

Put someone in the car

/acceptputvehicle playerID

Accept a ride request

/removevehicle playerID

Take an allowed person out

Seatbelt

O to buckle up, less hurt in a crash

Key

O

Buckled

Not thrown through the windshield · just briefly dizzy after a big crash

Unbuckled

A hard stop at 100 km/h knocks you out

Motorcycles and bicycles have no belt.

Turn signals

Arrow keys for signals and hazards

← →

Left/right signal · off after the turn

↓

Hazard lights · /hazard

Speed limiter

F6 to stay under a set speed

Key

F6 on/off

Command

/cruisecontrol 10~300 · /cruisecontrol off

Autopilot

Home drives you to the waypoint

Key

Home · /autopilot

Speed

40 km/h

Off

Home

Pushing a car

Push a dead car together

Command

/push · stop /push stop

People

Up to 4

Where

Stand right behind the car

Flip and fetch

/vflip to right it, /fixveh to fetch it

/vflip

Right an overturned car · once every 30 seconds

/fixveh

Brings your empty car that’s out to you · any distance

In-car chat

Whispers and OOC with people in your car

/vw text

Whisper to people in the same car

/cb text

OOC to people in the same car

/radioshare

Tell people nearby which station you’re playing

Vehicle card

Show someone your car’s details

Command

/vinfo playerID [plate]

Range

3m

Refueling

Fill up or add liters at the pump

Start

E at a pump · /fuel [liters|full]

Needs

Engine off, stopped · within 10m of the pump

Cost

Price per liter on the pump · cash

Jerry can

Carry gas and refuel on the road

Buy

Fill a can in the fuel window

Cost

$25 can + gas

Holds

20L per can · up to 3

Pour

Car within 5m · no key needed

You can fill up someone else’s car that ran dry.

EV charging

Fully charge an EV at a charger

Find

/findcharger · GPS to the nearest charger

Charge

/recharge next to a charger

Cost

Price per kWh · cash, else bank

Car wash

A dirty car back to new

Command

/carwash at a car wash

Where

Strawberry, Davis, Little Seoul, Sandy Shores, Paleto Bay

Effect

Dirt 0

Dirt builds up as you drive, faster off-road.

Durability and oil

Cars wear with use; service them in time

Durability

New car 1000 · caps engine health

Engine oil

Change every 250km · overdue lowers durability

Tires

Less grip after 400km

Breakdowns

Weak engine: fails to start, stalls · leaking tank: burns more fuel

Oil changes and a set of 4 tires: leave those to a Public Garage mechanic.

Service tickets

Raise durability with service tickets

See odds

/overhaul

Light service ticket

Durability +5 · only at 940 or higher

Heavy service ticket

Durability +10, plus 0~20

Max

980

TODO Staff to confirm whether service tickets are on sale yet.

Inspection sheet

Your car’s condition, signed by a mechanic

Issued

/vcheck by a mechanic on duty

Show

Owner /vsheet · people within 5m

Contents

Durability, mileage, oil, heavy service record, mechanic, date

Showing the sheet helps when selling a used car.

Public Garage

Get a quote from a mechanic, get it fixed

Where

Public Garage behind the Grove Street LTD gas station

Needs

Owner online · within 12m of the car

Pay

Cash or bank · quote lasts 120 seconds

Used parts cost 60%. Engine and body don’t come back quite as new.

Shop quote

Repair, paint and tuning at a player shop

Where

Player shops such as LS Customs

Needs

Owner online · within 10m of the car

Pay

Cash or bank · you can decline

1. Park inside the shop, engine off, get out.

2. The mechanic shows the changes on the car right away.

3. Pay on the quote card

   Work applied

Self repair

Wait at a shop point to get fixed

Start

E at a shop point → Repair

Needs

Car within 8m · engine off, everyone out

Cost

The amount shown at the point · cash

1. Start the repair.

2. Wait until the ring fills.

3. Repair done

   Engine and body fixed

Repairing while the engine smokes costs a little durability.

Going on duty

Work as a mechanic without a shop

Command

/mduty on the lot · type it again to end

Needs

Nothing · the mechanic entry at the Citizen Support Center shows the way

Customer price

Customers pay directly

Parts depot

Take parts at wholesale prices

Command

/parts at the parts depot

Per trip

Up to 4 · cash

Wholesale

Engine part $200 · body panel $140 · tire $50 · glass $45 · oil $20

• Out of stock: rush order · pick it up 8 minutes later · up to 3 open orders
• Load onto a service vehicle · up to 8
• Stolen parts not accepted
• Used parts come only from scrap

Diagnose and quote

Look at a customer’s car, send a quote

Command

/diagnose within 6m of the customer’s car

Customer

Owner online · next to the car

Car

Inside the Public Garage, or next to a service vehicle

For your own car, go to another mechanic.

Repair work

Pick a tool, hit the gauge

1. Once the customer pays, a job card shows at the bottom.

2. Go to the marked part.

3. E → pick a tool (ratchet, screwdriver, impact wrench, jack, hammer, suction cup, jumper cables).

4. Press when the gauge is in the zone

   Step done

The wrong tool is slower. Hitting the gauge speeds it up.

Cancel

/repaircancel · the rest is refunded to the customer

Roadside service

Drive a service vehicle, fix on the road

Service vehicle

Your own Utility Truck, Speedo, Burrito, tow truck, flatbed

Range

Within 10m of the service vehicle

On the road

Tires, glass, light body work, jump start, oil

Parts

What you loaded onto the service vehicle at the depot

Engines and heavy body damage get towed to the Public Garage.

Tow job

Tow a broken car to the garage

Command

/diagnose tow next to a tow truck or flatbed

Customer price

$250

Done

When the car is inside the Public Garage

Do the towing with a tow truck or flatbed.

Fitting a tire

Put a tire on a missing wheel

Command

/fittire next to the missing wheel

Needs

Wheel wrench · tire

Time

About 18 seconds · X cancels

Mechanic level

Your skill grows as you work

How it rises

Public Garage jobs, shop tuning

Level 3

Tier 2 tuning: xenon, tire smoke, performance 1~2

Level 6

Tier 3 tuning: turbo, livery, performance 3~4

Buying a shop

Buy a repair business like LS Customs

Start

/bmanager at a shop point

For sale

LS Customs Burton · Harmony · Davis workshop

Manage

/bmanager · deposit /bdeposit · withdraw /bwithdraw

TODO Staff set the listing prices.

Staff and shifts

Hire mechanics, clock in

Hire

Owner /brecruit playerID · employee /bjoin

Clock in

/startshift at the shop · clock out /endshift

Quit · fire

/bleave · /bfire playerID

Parts stock

Shop parts each tuning job uses

Repairs and tuning use the shop’s parts stock. Delivery drivers bring stock in crates.

Low stock

No quotes · the window shows parts missing

Repair tab

/mtune to fix a customer’s engine and body

Command

/mtune inside the shop on duty

Car

Customer’s private car · within 8m of the shop · engine off, everyone out

Customer

Online · within 10m of the car

Price

Engine up to $500 · body up to $350 · by damage

1. /mtune.

2. Add items in the Repair, Paint and Tuning tabs.

3. Set your labor.

4. Send the quote

   Applied once the customer pays

Labor has a cap tied to the parts cost.

Paint

Primary, secondary, pearl, wheel color

Pearl · wheel color

$150 each

Cosmetic tuning

Wheels, body kits, horns, tint, lights

Armor parts can’t be fitted through mechanic tuning.

Performance tuning

Engine, brakes, gearbox, suspension, turbo

Engine

Tiers 1~4

Brakes · gearbox

Tiers 1~3

Suspension

Tiers 1~4

Turbo · level 6

9% of the car price ($2,000~$25,000)

Level

Tiers 1~2 level 3 · tiers 3~4 level 6

Towing

Haul an empty car with a tow truck

Command

/tow from the tow truck’s driver’s seat · type it again to release

Tow truck

Tow Truck (sold at Freight Sales, Downtown General Motors)

Needs

Keys to both trucks and car · towed car empty

To tow a customer’s car, they give you a key with /vduplicate first.

Trailer

Hook a trailer to a tractor

Command

/trailer from the tractor’s driver’s seat

Tractors

Phantom, Packer, Hauler

Needs

Keys to both tractor and trailer

Flatbed

Load one car on the bed and unload it

1. /flatbed from the flatbed’s driver’s seat.

2. The owner in the car’s driver’s seat types /acceptflatbed · decline with /denyflatbed.

3. Load

   One car on the bed

4. /flatbed again to unload.

Flatbed

Sold at Freight Sales

Car to load

Only the driver inside

Impound pickup

Pay the storage fee, get your car back

Where

/impound at the Davis Impound Lot desk

Storage fee

$250 + $50 a day · up to $1,000

Pay

Bank or cash

Blocked

Over $250 in unpaid tickets on the car: pay those first

1. /impound at the desk.

2. Tickets: pay with /fines.

3. Pay the storage fee

   Car handed over in the lot yard

Wrecked or sunk cars

Get back a car that burned or sank

When

A car that burns or sits underwater over 5 seconds goes to the impound lot

Insured

10% of the car price (min $200) · after 5 minutes

Uninsured

40% of the car price (min $800) · after 30 minutes

Pick up

/impound at the Davis Impound Lot

Tickets and fines

Check and pay tickets on your car

Check · pay

/fines

Parking ticket

$25~$500 · set by police

Vehicle fine

On the car · the owner pays

Registration, insurance

Renew registration and insurance at the desk

Desk

/dmv at the Davis Driving Test Center

Registration

Bought cars every 30 days · renew from 7 days before expiry

Renewal fee

$50 + 1% of the car price (up to $5,000) · bank

Insurance

Same desk

Insurance call

Call 207 to renew insurance

Call

207

For

Your private cars

Price

Same as the desk

Insurance claim

Claim a wrecked car on insurance

Desk

License desk

Result

Reviewed by staff

TODO Exact steps to open the claim screen to be checked in game.

Desk plate change

Change your plate at the license desk

Command

/dmvplate currentplate newplate within 5m of the desk

Cost

A share of the car price

For

Your private cars

Plate change ticket

Change a plate with a point shop ticket

Command

/changeplate currentplate newplate · /changeplate info

Needs

Plate change ticket from the point shop

New plate

2~8 letters and digits · must be unique

Vehicle history

Pull a history before buying used

Command

/dmvhistory plate at the desk

Contents

Owners, insurance, plate changes

Cost

A share of the car price

Scrapping

Get rid of your car at the scrapyard

Command

/vscrap plate confirm at the La Puerta scrapyard

Payout

Less for high-mileage cars

Company car

Register your car as a company vehicle

Commands

/vbrand status · /vbrand invite ID · /vbrand accept

Ownership

Still your car

Remove

/vbrand leave companyID

Car alarm

Calls police when someone tampers

Command

/caralarm at a shop point

Cost

$800 · bank

Effect

Lockpick or hotwire attempts sound the horn, alert police and notify the owner

Tracker

Find where a stolen car is

Command

/cartracker at a shop point

Cost

$1,500 · bank

Needs

Your private car · within 5m

Tracking a car

GPS to the tracker’s location

Command

/trackcar plate

Who

Owner · police on duty too for reported-stolen cars

Result

GPS to the last location

Reporting a theft

Report your car stolen

Report

/reportstolen plate [reason]

Withdraw

/reportstolen plate off

Result

Stolen flag on police terminals · police call logged

Car found

Clear the stolen flag on a found car

Commands

/reportvehiclefound plate · /reportplatefound plate

Who

Owner or police on duty

Lock it every time

Press L every time you get out

Unlocked cars can have their wheels taken or trunk opened.

Lock

L · /vlock

Park

/vp locks it for you