Never have I laughed so hard, firing a stream of cars at someone. Or causing mass chaos at the touch of a button and hearing the sound of gunfire with lots of explosions (that would make Mr Torque cry in happiness).
Or even do it all, while controlling a fucking Hydra with wing-mounted vehicle rockets (that also fire cars).
GTA V modding, just brings the joy in mayhem. I don’t know what it is, but seeing a guy you just killed go flying miles away due to what you just used to kill them, is very satisfying (and also makes you feel like a monster).
There’s also realism mods that add more depth to the game, and of course the many skin and clothes texture mods.
I just wanted to go over each and every mod I have so far, and give my thoughts. This I feel will be a new blog series.
‘Improved Fright Trains’
Link: https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/improved-freight-train
Author: Walter
This mod simply makes freight trains longer and gives more variety of what trains you see(aka, one train could be pulling a lot of fuel tankers, while another could be pulling box cars, tankers, etc…, which is more realistic. It bugged me on how short trains were, plus there was no variety of trains. This fixes that, and I really like it. There’s two versions of the mod, based around if you want a single locomotive or several.
The mod does have a few generating bugs. The two I saw, was there was a “train” with four locomotives. I also saw a single locomotive with no cars. And the best one, was seeing what looked like a train going in reverse (which reminded me of one of my fright train stations in Cities Skylines, that the train goes in reverse when it pulls out).
-Slow Motion Toggle-
Link: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/slow-motion-bullet-time-toggle
Author: sakratt
Ahh.. bulletime. Quite satisfying when abusing the corpse of a cop who threw you off your bike, and try to keep the corpse from hitting the ground. Plus it makes for badass ‘walk away from explosion in slow motion’ scenes.
Not much else to say about this mod.
-Toggle Radio Station-
Link: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/radio-toggle
Author: 8OT
What’s annoying to Youtubers who are trying to make royality-free videos? Having the music on the radio play instead of just leaving the damn thing off and avoiding a lawsuit.
But even if you’re not a Youtuber, this is useful as it will keep you on your current radio station between scenes (like the parts where your character automatically gets out of the vehicle to complete a mission).
Unfortunately, this mod doesn’t seem to work for me. Maybe I haven’t configured it yet. I’ll look into it.
-Army at 5 stars-
Link: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/tanks-spawn-at-five-stars
Author: PlasticTangerine
What’s better than surfing on the top of a moving train, wielding a Minigun, with a 5-star wanted level? Having the fucking US Army after your ass! Tanks! Attack helicopters! Brutal road blocks with use of spike strips!
However, I wish they would have more. What about fucking F-16’s screaming in the sky, pwning you with their heat-seeking missiles? That would be epic, and give being in a Hydra a real (welcomed) challenge.
-Riot Mode-
Link: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/ped-riot-chaos-mode
Author: Trumple
Ahh… a peaceful day. The birds are chirping. The cars are going by. The air… sounds like gunfire?! And then there are many explosions as you’re caught in the middle of a fierce battle of pedestrians verses cops. The pedestrians are armed with military hardware. And you caused them all to appear with a push of the button.
This mod is quite challenging if you aren’t God. And it also gets rather hilarious hearing all the random screaming, shooting and explosions.
The mod can be switched on and off by pressing F7. Note, that the riot doesn’t stop when you turn it off. Either you need to wait until they all kill eachother, or you kill them.
-Real Vehicle Damage-
Link: https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/real-vehicle-damage
Author: TrophiHunter
Ever felt that getting into a big wreck, the damage was a bit sub-par and unrealistic? Seriously, no dents?
Fortunately, this mod takes care of that. It’s a rather big mod; big as in installation complexity, as in you must replace about 10 files via OpenIV (and put them in their correct folders). For once done, you see what you just went though actually working.
-Vehicle Cannon-
Link: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/vehicle-cannon-mod
Author: flocraftMods
THIS… this is what made me go “Hmmm… what’s this d— AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Ohh god, mods!!” Are you caught on the interstate in traffic? Wish you could just pass them, but there’s no safe way? Wish you could find a way to ‘remove’ them in a humorous way? Well, buddy.. you’re going to LOVE this!
Hit F11 by default, and there’s two modes. The ‘Normal’ mode fires every vehicle (that doesn’t fly) in the game with any gun (even ones you cannot get in Single Player). It’s all random. You can go with regular cars, bikes, all the way to a giant dump truck being shot out of your gun, flying into an unsuspecting person or car. The second ‘Fast’ mode fires sports cars.
This can also be used in missions. I used it during Trevor’s clown fear sub-mission, and just shot cars at everyone. Fucking hilarious watching the cars exploding everywhere on impact. It does do a number on my GPU when there’s LOTS of explosions. I can’t get enough of this mod, and I can’t recommend it enough if you love ‘fuck with’ mods for GTA V.
-More realistic AI drivers-
Link: https://www.gta5-mods.com/misc/vehicleaihandlinginfo
Author: Darksteps
Ever felt the AI at times are a bit too safe? Want to see an occasional accident on the interstate? This mod messes with their coding and makes some cars unable to stop in certain situations, which will cause more wrecks.
For more realistic damage, get the Real Vehicle Damage mod.
‘Enhanced Native Trainer’
Link: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/enhanced-native-trainer
Author: arewenotmen and others
Woops. Forgot to add this one. So, this is a much, much better version of the Native Trainer, which is the mod of all mods. It’s similar to the one from GTAIV.
It unlocks “Sandbox mode”, aka allowing to teleport anywhere that’s available. The Enhanced version gives more options, such as teleporting on rooftops, or even inside buildings that have interiors (even ones inaccessible to you in Single Player).
You can spawn ANY vehicle in the game, even ones you can only get online. The Enhanced version puts them in neat categories. You can even specify to be teleported inside the vehicle you spawn if you do so wish.
You can also set the time and the weather, and have them locked. You can have the police ignore you and never be wanted (or raise it to the max level).
And what makes the Enhanced version better, is.. well, two things. The regular trainer doesn’t keep your settings between saves, and the ‘Seat Belt’ option for vehicles doesn’t even work. The Enhanced version, does both! Now you can speed on a motorcycle, hit a wall and not fall off! It even prevents being pulled out of the seat by road ragers and police.
And also, no more lost settings. There’s just so much you can do with this thing. I just barely scratched the surface.
‘Single Player Garage’
Link: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/single-player-garage
Author: mlgthatsme
Now I never ever used the garages in GTA Online. Never got that far into the game. But this brings the garage from online into Single Player, and makes it even better. Try… a skyscraper full of cars, with multiple floors. That’s this mod.
Currently it’s in beta, and it will work if you have the latest ScriptHookDotNet version installed (currently 1.0 at the time of this entry). There will be three yellow blips on the radar. Simply drive any car in and have it stored for future use.
‘Planes Hails’
Link: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/planes-hails
Author: Cheater4free
A mod that got released just under a week ago, and showed up last night. A currently under-development mod in an attempt to bring back the ‘Angry Planes’ mod, minus the adware. This one(version 0.2 currently) features random planes falling from the sky. The author promises the planes will actually act like the Angry Planes mod in future updates.
There are a few issues with this, that the author is now known of (due to me making an account with GTAV-mods.com).
The current issues are thus;
1. Incompatibility with the Vehicle Cannon mod (not seeing cars when the mod is active).
2. No clear knowledge of the default key to toggle the mod. Author tells me to open the mod with WordPad and I’ll be able to set it myself.
3. The mod crashes itself, spawning no more planes (even though the mod is “active”).
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And that’s it. If you were to ask me if there was a mod or mods I really want, there would be a couple;
1. Purchasable Apartments from GTA Online in Single Player.
2. A train driving mod that will allow you to switch tracks and hook up/disconnect freight cars.