GTA 5: The top 10 best vehicle mods you have to try

The A in GTA stands for auto, clarifying that it’s a crucial part of what makes the game so unique. Stealing cars from random people on the street, driving them off ramps and cliffs, and storing the best-looking ones in your garage for later use are all things every Grand Theft Auto player has done.

However, since it’s been over a decade since GTA 5 came out it’s only natural that many players would have already tried every car in the game. From the slow ones to the extremely fast and expensive ones, ten years is more than enough for players to experience everything in a game.

Fortunately, that’s where mods come in. Today, we’re here to go through the ten best vehicle-related mods in GTA 5 that you have to try. All of the mods on the list are a mix of unique cars that make roleplaying more fun and fast cars that will make you forget every car in the vanilla game.

#10 Police Mercedes AMG GT R 2018

Those who have been playing the GTA games for a while will likely remember when the police used to have some of the best cars. All it took was for the player to get the wanted level to a high enough level and the police would come speeding with the VCPD Cheetah. However, GTA 5 doesn’t have anything like that.

Well, with this Police Mercedes AMG GT R 2018 mod, every police car can be someone’s dream car. The Police Mercedes AMG GT R 2018 from Forza Horizon 3 ensures every police chase is as exhilarating as can be, and stealing a police car gives you something you actually want to store in your garage.

Watch out though, as enabling this mod means every police officer will have this car. That’s right, no more terribly controlling police cars, which means it’ll be much more difficult to hide from the cops during a police chase.

#9 Vehicle Jetpack

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is heralded as one of the most legendary games of all time. Those who played it likely remember the jetpack players could use to easily traverse the sandy landscape of San Andreas, a big reason it’s one of the most-used cheats in the game. Well, with this mod, the creator decided to take things a step further by adding jetpacks to every car in the game.

Airplanes and helicopters are well and good, but who has the time to look for them? This is all without even mentioning how difficult it can be to fly one of them in Grand Theft Auto 5. However, with the vehicle jetpack mod players can just sit in any car they want and get wherever they want in record time.

#8 Online Vehicles in Single Player

Grand Theft Auto Online continues to get frequent updates that bring new things to the game. On the other hand, the base Grand Theft Auto 5 single-player game is largely the same as it was when it first came out. This doesn’t sound very fair, does it? It seems someone else had the same idea and that’s why they decided to create the mod that brings GTA Online vehicles to single-player.

The best thing about this mod is that the added online cars are treated as any other vehicle in the game. This means players can randomly find a cool car from GTA Online on the road being driven by a random civilian, ripe for the taking. The downside is that the mod itself has a bug that makes it so some vehicles randomly despawn when the player gets close to them.

#7 Realistic Driving V

This one may not technically be the type of mod most expected when they click on this article, but it’s one a lot of fans will likely love. Grand Theft Auto 4 may not have been as much of a success as GTA 5, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t have its highlights. One of the biggest things it’s remembered for is its gravity and realistic driving.

However, Grand Theft Auto 5’s driving is anything but realistic. You can speed off of a ramp and have your car soar without any mods. Fortunately, it seems like someone really missed the old driving, which is why they created the Realistic Driving V mod. As the name suggests, this mod completely revamps the driving in the game to ensure players have to use some skill if they want to properly drive.

Naturally, this mod is pretty divisive as something the unrealistic driving of GTA 5 is what makes it so memorable. However, those who ever wondered how a fusion of GTA 4 and 5 would feel will likely really enjoy playing with this mod.

#6 IVPack – GTA 4 vehicles in GTA 5

Keeping the trend of including Grand Theft Auto 4’s nostalgia factor, this next mod brings the vehicles players could usually only find in GTA 4 to GTA 5. GTA 4 takes place in the New York-inspired Liberty City, which is largely different from GTA 5’s Los Santos. Therefore, the vehicles players can find in the prequel are also different from the sequel.

However, this mod lets players break the law of geography to bring GTA 4 vehicles to GTA 5. One thing to keep in mind is that this doesn’t change the driving mechanics or gravity, so players can just see this as a reskin for already-existing vehicles.

#5 Cybertruck Mod

The Cybertruck is arguably the one vehicle to come in the most number of recent games. From Rocket League to Fortnite, GTA players may feel left out by seeing that they aren’t able to drive around the latest creation of Elon Musk, as divisive as it may be. Well, someone didn’t want GTA 5 players to feel left out anymore, which is why there’s a Cybertruck mod for GTA 5 now.

The best thing about this mod is that the robotic exterior isn’t the only thing this mod adds. On the contrary, those who switch to first-person mode will also be able to marvel at the excellent interior of the truck. Take roleplaying to the next level by owning the car created by the richest man in the real world.

#4 GTA V Remastered: Enhanced

Driving in GTA 5 may be fun, but it’s held back by the dated graphics of the game. While PC players wait for the enhanced version to finally come out, they can download the remastered mod to experience beautiful graphics that ensure driving on the streets of Los Santos feels as good as the first day the game came out.

What’s more, is that this mod makes the game look better than Rockstar Games likely ever will. It isn’t that Rockstar can’t make GTA 5 look this good, but that players would require heavy PC specs to be able to run such a demanding game, However, those who have the PC power needed should definitely give this mod a try.

The GTA V Remastered: Enhanced adds photorealistic visuals to the game and polishes textures to the max. With it, even the most mundane car will look beautiful and you won’t be able to help but want to give every car a try.

#3 Kawasaki Ninja H2/H2R

Bikes are often neglected in the Grand Theft Auto world, and as fellow bike enthusiasts, we think that’s unfair. Fortunately, we aren’t alone as someone thought to add the Kawasaki Ninja H2/H2R to Grand Theft Auto 5 with this mod.

Those accustomed to the biking world will know that Kawasaki Ninja H2/H2R has been one of the hottest motorbikes in recent years. After all, what’s there not to like in the Japanese-made bike? From the looks to the speed and horsepower, the bike has it all, and GTA 5 players can ride it to their heart’s content by downloading this mod.

#2 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari

The 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari GTA 5 mod is one of the most downloaded mods in the game, and it’s easy to guess why. After all, the 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari is considered to be one of the fastest Ferraris ever, so adding it to the game where the goal is to drive as fast as you can is a give, right?

It’s odd that Rockstar Games didn’t think to add this vehicle to GTA 5, but that doesn’t mean players can’t ride on the streets of Los Santos with it.

#1 2016 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor

For the last pick on this list, how about something that increases GTA 5’s difficulty? GTA 5 isn’t exactly the hardest game ever, which is made clear when players see police cars riding off bridges because they can’t control themselves.

Well, what if every single police car was replaced by the 2016 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor? Heralded as one of the toughest cars ever, police encounters will be made much more difficult when you have these bad boys smashing into your car every second. Not even the upcoming GTA 6 will be this tough.