How to Install New Cars for GTA 5 — Add-On Method

If you want to add new cars, planes and helicopters, boats and motorboats, motorcycles, and other vehicles to GTA 5, you will often need to resort to "Add-On versions." In this guide, we will explain in detail how to install cars in GTA 5 using the Add-On method.

Adding vehicles to "GTA 5" using the Add-On method has its pros and cons. The pros include that the car, boat, or plane will be added only for the player, and other NPCs will not be able to use it. The downside is that not all modifications can be added this way. So before installation, make sure the mod supports this function.

Before adding any vehicle to the game using the described method, players first need to download and install separate scripts and programs.

Script Hook V is a library of files that allows you to use custom GTA 5 script functions in user .asi plugins.

Script Hook V .NET is a plug-in asi plugin that allows you to run scripts written in any .NET language in the game.

Download the Add-On Car Spawner Menu and copy the Scripts folder into the GTA 5 game folder.

OpenIV is a free set of tools for modding Grand Theft Auto 5 and other games, allowing you to view and modify game data.

You can download it from the official website. If the site is not working, here is the offline version.

Note: When the application detects the game and opens the main interface, be sure to click on "Edit Mode".

Please note: During the installation of the ASI Manager in OpenIV, the program will offer to create a separate folder for modifications named "mods." Be sure to do this, as it will allow you to install mods without compromising the integrity of the game files. Additionally, the user can remove any mods they are not interested in at any time.

Note: Modders usually provide detailed instructions for the add-on. Be sure to read it before installing cars, planes, boats, and other vehicles.

Using the example of the 1953 Ford Mainline Fordor Sedan mod.

Enter the game and create the vehicle named mainline53 using a trainer.

It is worth noting that this method only works for installing single modifications. If you want to add a collection of cars or other vehicles, you will need to use additional programs and scripts.

On our website, you can also find modifications with ready-made car collections that are installed using the Add-On method. However, often when installing in the standard way, a number of errors appear after launching the game:

To avoid this, players need to install additional software and make a few adjustments. There's nothing complicated about it — the whole process will take you no more than five minutes.

Gameconfig for Limitless Vehicles allows you to store a wide range of vehicles and adds various driving modes to the game. With this modification, you can also customize your cars.

Go again to the path "update/update.rpf/common/data" and find the file gameconfig.xml there. Make a backup of this file anywhere on your PC. Then do the following:

Packfile Limit Adjuster helps eliminate the ERR_FIL_PACK_1 error (Game error. Please reboot and restart the game). Just download the archive and unpack the files PackfileLimitAdjuster.asi and PackfileLimitAdjuster.ini into the root folder of the game.

HeapAdjuster helps solve the problem with the ERR_MEM_EMBEDDEDALLOC_ALLOC error (Out of game memory. Please reboot and restart the game). Copy HeapAdjuster.ini and HeapAdjuster.asi into the root folder of the game.

If after the above actions you still encounter one of the previously mentioned errors, it is usually because many unoptimized mods are installed for the game.

You can perform the following actions:

Do not set the value above 2000, as this will inevitably lead to crashes and other errors.

If this method also did not help eliminate the error, then you will have to remove the unoptimized modifications that were previously downloaded.