Everything FiveM server owners need to know, from installing your first custom car to eliminating texture loss on a 200-vehicle server. Built by server admins, for server admins.
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Beginner to advanced
FiveM Glossary
FiveM Glossary: 25 Terms Server Owners Use
One-sentence definitions of MLO, YMAP and YTYP, YFT and YTD, modkit, carcols and carvariations, LOD, ELS, spawn codes, txAdmin, the 16 MB texture limit and more, each linked to the guide or tool that fixes it.
Studio Plans & Credits
FiveMRides Studio Plans Explained: Pro vs Max vs Unlimited
Prices, credits per month, cost per credit against credit packs, how the free cars work and which plan fits how much you build. Pro $9.99, Max $24.99, Unlimited $49.99 a month.
FiveM Studio Credits: What Each Tool Costs and How Credits Work
What the optimizer, converter, debadger, carpack builder, map tools, soundpack maker and prop creator cost in credits, what a credit costs, and worked examples for real jobs.
FiveM and GTA 6
Will FiveM Work on GTA 6? What Server Owners Should Know
What Rockstar and Cfx.re have confirmed, what is still unknown and what FiveM server owners can do now.
GTA 6 RP: What We Know About Roleplay Servers
Whether GTA VI roleplay servers exist yet, what is confirmed, what is speculation and where GTA RP happens today.
Livery Guides
How to Add a Livery to Any FiveM Car (Even Without a Livery Slot)
How GTA liveries work (sign textures, the livery shader, the second UV map, carvariations and FLAG_HAS_LIVERY), the manual route in Blender and CodeWalker, and the Livery Studio (BETA) in your browser.
FiveM Livery Not Showing? 8 Fixes for Add-on Car Liveries
Livery menu empty, stuck on error, repeating over the car, gone at a distance or missing on Linux: find the cause in the car files and fix it.
Vehicle Studio Guides
How to Add Police Lights to Any FiveM Car (Working Sirens)
Siren bones, light lenses, the carcols.meta Sirens entry, flash patterns and the siren slot rule, by hand in Blender or in the Vehicle Studio.
FiveM Emergency Lights Not Working? 8 Fixes for Sirens and Lightbars
Lights that only work alone, a dark lightbar, no front wig-wag, giant glowing orbs: the siren slot rule and 7 other causes, with the fix for each.
How to Add Seats to a FiveM Car (Seat Bones and Vehicle Layouts)
Why only 2 players fit in a car that shows 4 seats: seat bones, vehiclelayouts.meta, numSeatsOverride and back seats reached through the front door.
Chain Guides
How to Make Custom FiveM Chains
The files behind a FiveM chain, add-on vs replace, fit over clothes, and installing it on your server.
FiveM Chains Not Showing? 8 Fixes
Where chains sit in each clothing menu, and what to check when a chain is missing or clips through a top.
Tattoo Guides
How to Add Custom Tattoos to FiveM
The files behind a FiveM tattoo, zones and placement numbers, and getting it into your tattoo shop.
FiveM Tattoos Not Showing? 8 Fixes
Missing tattoos, tattoos wiped by a clothing change, NULL names in the shop and boxes on the skin.
Weapon Guides
How to Make Custom Weapon Skins for FiveM
Replace mode for everyone or skins players choose, the files behind them, and how to give the weapon and its components.
FiveM Weapon Skin Not Showing? 8 Fixes
Folder and ensure mistakes, cache, components that register nothing, the add-on weapon name, tints and the restart crash.
FiveM Weapon Skins Made by the Community
Browse designs members made, remix any of them with every layer editable, and what is shared or private.
Clothing Guides
How to Fix FiveM Clothing Packs
Undershirt clipping, arms, heavy textures, duplicates, and add-on versus replace, with a free check in the Clothing Studio (BETA).
How to Make FiveM Add-on Clothing
The files, the YMT, component slots, the 255 limit and the install, built in a browser with the Clothing Studio (BETA) or by hand. Checks are free, a build is 1 credit.
FiveM Clothing Not Showing? 9 Fixes
Folder and ensure mistakes, the wrong ped, your menu, restart versus reconnect, the collection name cache, limits and the 16 MiB texture ceiling.
FiveM Clothing Clipping: Arms and Undershirt
Why the base undershirt and skin show through a top, the empty undershirt numbers, and three ways to make the fix stick with any clothing menu.
Map Guides
How to make a custom FiveM pause map and minimap
Pick a template, style the map, check the pause map and radar previews and export a ready FiveM resource.
Install a custom map in FiveM (Legacy and Enhanced)
Folder, ensure line, one map resource only, why a server restart is needed, Enhanced, the postal script and live sync.
FiveM postal map: postal codes, /postal and a HUD
Print postal codes on your map and ship a matching /postal script so the numbers always agree.
Ped Guides
How to make a custom FiveM ped from a picture
Drop one to four pictures or describe a character, check the 3D preview, and download a ready add-on ped resource.
How to install an add-on ped on a FiveM server
Folder, fxmanifest.lua, peds.meta, the ensure line, a first spawn and ped menus, with a safe way to test.
How to spawn a custom ped in FiveM
joaat, RequestModel, SetPlayerModel and a ready /ped command, with ped menu notes and the common mistakes.
FiveM add-on ped invisible, crashing or in a T-pose
The usual causes in the order to check them: names, folder layout, cache, texture size, peds.meta and animations.
Best pictures for an AI ped
Pose, background, light, extra views and the clothing that causes trouble, so your first build is the good one.
Add-on ped vs replacement ped vs EUP
What each kind of FiveM ped is, which one needs a peds.meta, and which to pick for a new character.
Vehicle Studio Guides
FiveM LED strips and underglow: the complete guide
Draw LED strips on a car, pick one of 13 live effects and lights that follow the brakes and indicators. Presets, keys and fixes.
How to add a tow hitch to a FiveM car
Pick one of 8 hitch models, press Auto place and build: the car gets a real tow point and hooks boat and small trailers.
FiveM underglow: native neon vs LED strips
How native neon works, how LED strips differ, a comparison table, and how to use both so the ground glows too.
Animated car lights in FiveM: effects, triggers, performance
The 13 effects, speed, phase and direction, triggers, sequential indicators and what the animation costs the game.
GTA 5 trailers explained: attach points and vehicles.meta
The two attach bones, the trailer lists in vehicles.meta, the natives and a checklist for a trailer that will not hook.
FiveM car lights explained: vehicle_lightsemissive and light IDs
The shader, the light IDs for brake, reverse, indicators and headlights, the lamp bones and how to make a part follow them.
New Vehicle Studio Add-on Guides
FiveM car customization: new Vehicle Studio add-ons
Five new add-ons for any FiveM car: what each does, what is per car or per model, prices and how they combine.
FiveM car decals and windshield banner
Put a crew name or an image on the windscreen or any window: band or die-cut letters, readable from inside, no script.
FiveM vehicle callsign and unit numbers on every car
Up to 60 numbered units from one car, chosen with /unit 07 or a script. Per vehicle, no script needed to show it.
FiveM offroad trucks: roof rack, bull bar, snorkel
Eight overland parts fitted to your car by measuring it, as extras or tuning shop options. What it does and does not do.
FiveM custom interior: seat colour and headrest logo
Recolour seats without painting the whole cabin, add a headrest logo and a glowing dash screen. Honest per car limits.
FiveM rusty car: barn find wear in 5 levels
Rust, fade, chips and dirt as a livery layer that survives a respray. Five levels, a Clean switch and honest limits.
GTA 5 per vehicle vs per model: how FiveM cars can differ
A reference table of what is shared by the model and what each car owns, with measured costs of liveries, mods and spawn names.
New Vehicle Studio Add-on Guides
FiveM car mods: six new Vehicle Studio add-ons
Police interior, brakes, drift, wraps, stance and exhaust for any FiveM car: what each does and how they combine.
FiveM police car interior
Prisoner cage, laptop mount, gun rack, radio, antennas and K9 box fitted to the car.
FiveM brake calipers and big brake kit
Caliper color and size, fixed to the car so they do not spin with the wheel.
FiveM drift car build
Roll cage, harness, quick-release wheel, handbrake lever and a drift handling preset.
FiveM carbon hood and chrome delete
Partial wraps and chrome to black, built into the car files.
FiveM stance without a script
Ride height, camber and track width as the default of the car.
FiveM exhaust tips
A tip library plus the exhaust bones that flames and backfire use.
GTA 5 exhaust bones and FiveM flames
A reference page: the exhaust bones behind flames and backfire, symptoms and fixes.
FiveM car showcase video
A free 360 degree MP4 or GIF of your build for Discord, made in your browser from the Studio preview.
FiveM livery with car mods, one ZIP
Bring Livery Studio liveries into the same Vehicle Studio build: one order, one ZIP.
Save and share a FiveM car build
Save a Vehicle Studio build, resume it later and share the settings with a link. Car files are never stored or shared.
Debadging, Sirens, Props and Game Files
How to debadge a FiveM car
Badge stacks, detail levels, painted logos, glass decals and the interior: every place a logo hides and how to remove it.
FiveM sirens not working
LVC and the emergency class, carcols missing from files, and why a sound swap can silence the siren.
YFT, YDR, YDD and YTD files
What each GTA 5 streamed file holds, what opens it, and the name and detail level rules FiveM cares about.
FiveM props not showing
YTYP and DLC_ITYP_REQUEST, archetype names, textures, name conflicts, draw distance and local objects.
Flags on FiveM Cars
FiveM car flags
271 flags or your own logo on any car: wings, roof mast, window, pickup bed. Waving cloth, extras and tuning options.
Add a waving flag to a FiveM car
Real GTA vehicle cloth instead of a frozen prop: where flags can wave, sizes S to XL and when they stay fixed.
Custom gang or server flag
Your own logo on a car flag: picture size, crop or fit, design tips that read in game, and the AI flag rules.
Flags as extras or tuning options
The /flags switch, extras 1 to 12 and up to 8 countries per tuning slot in the mod shop.
Prop Creation Guides
How to Create FiveM Props from GLB, FBX and OBJ
Convert a static model to YDR, prepare ZIP or RAR textures, choose collision, install the resource and troubleshoot missing props. Includes the movable prop menu and multiple-object controls.
Vehicle Guides
FiveM on GTA V Enhanced: How to Install and Run Custom Vehicles (gen9 Guide)
Why Legacy YFT/YTD files do not load on the Enhanced client, how to convert them, how to set up an Enhanced FXServer, and how to read the common failures. Plus how we verify every Enhanced vehicle in-game before selling it.
How to Install Custom Cars on Your FiveM Server
The complete step-by-step guide to installing addon and replace vehicles on any FiveM server. Covers YTD/YFT file structure, fxmanifest.lua configuration, server.cfg setup, and how to fix the 7 most common installation errors. Compatible with ESX, QBCore, and vMenu.
How to Fix FiveM Texture Loss: The Complete 2026 Guide
Blurry textures, disappearing vehicles, the city bug: all caused by the same root problem. This guide explains exactly why texture loss happens, how to configure your server convars correctly, and how to optimize vehicle YTD files to eliminate the issue permanently.
FiveM Debadged vs Lore Friendly Cars: Which Should You Choose?
Using real car brands on your FiveM server can get it shut down. This guide explains the difference between debadged and lore friendly vehicles, what the platform rules actually say about branded content, and how to verify that a vehicle mod is truly free of copyrighted content.
Optimization Guides
FiveM Vehicle Optimization: Compress Textures & Reduce Poly Count
Learn how to optimize FiveM vehicle textures and 3D models. Smart BC5/BC7 compression, polygon decimation, and automated tools. Reduce file sizes 40-70% with minimal quality loss.
Vehicle Lists
Best FiveM Cars 2026: Top Vehicles for Your Server
The definitive list of the best FiveM vehicles in 2026. Covers JDM, luxury, muscle, drift, SUVs and emergency vehicles with specific recommendations for each category.
Best FiveM Police & Emergency Vehicles 2026
Best FiveM police and emergency vehicles for 2026. ELS vs Non-ELS explained. Patrol cars, unmarked, fire/EMS and more. Optimization tips for heavy emergency packs.
AI in the Studio
FiveM AI Livery, Tattoo, Weapon Skin and Plate Maker
What the AI does in the livery, tattoo, weapon skin, plate tools, how to use it, the rules, the plans and the free daily try.
Partner Program
FiveMRides Partner Program: Ambassador vs Streamer vs Team Lead
Compare the Ambassador and Streamer paths, pros and cons, the 25% commission, your 25% off code, team earnings and payouts.
How to Promote FiveMRides: The Partner Guide for Ambassadors and Streamers
Set up your link, share what works, add the streamer kit to your channel and grow a team.
More Guides Coming Soon
Need Vehicles for Your Server?
FiveMRides vehicles ship with textures sized for FiveM streaming and are drag-and-drop ready. Browse 1,500+ vehicles, car packs and MLOs, or run your own files through the Studio tools.