FiveM Vehicle Developer Tutorials

A beginner-friendly tutorial hub for new FiveM vehicle developers. This page is designed to help people learn vehicle files, metas, liveries, lighting, textures, handling, and basic troubleshooting.

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These videos are for people who are brand new to FiveM vehicle development and need a simple path to follow.

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1. FiveM Vehicle Files Explained

Learn what YFT, YTD, vehicles.meta, handling.meta, carvariations.meta, and carcols.meta files actually do.

Beginner File Structure Watch Tutorial
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2. Setting Up a Vehicle Resource

Build a basic FiveM vehicle resource with a proper fxmanifest, stream folder, and data file layout.

Resource Setup fxmanifest Watch Tutorial
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3. Common Spawn Issues

Troubleshoot vehicles that do not spawn, spawn invisible, crash the game, or have broken textures.

Troubleshooting Spawn Names Watch Tutorial

Vehicle Development Topics

These tutorials cover more specific areas of vehicle development.

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Handling.meta Basics

Learn how top speed, acceleration, braking, traction, suspension, and vehicle weight affect how a vehicle drives.

Handling Physics Watch Tutorial
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Making Liveries Work

Understand templates, YTD files, texture names, mipmaps, DXT5, and common reasons liveries show up black or blurry.

Liveries Textures Watch Tutorial
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Emergency Lighting Basics

Learn the basics of vehicle lighting, sirens, extras, environmental lights, blue/blue setups, and common XML mistakes.

Lighting Sirens Watch Tutorial
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CodeWalker Basics

Use CodeWalker to inspect models, textures, vehicle parts, embedded textures, and basic model information.

CodeWalker Inspection Watch Tutorial
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ZModeler Beginner Guide

A beginner overview of opening vehicle models, checking materials, locating parts, and understanding model hierarchy.

ZModeler Modeling Watch Tutorial
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Packaging a Finished Vehicle

Learn how to clean up files, organize resources, test the vehicle, and prepare it for server use.

Release Testing Watch Tutorial

Developer Resources

Useful notes and downloads for new developers.

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Beginner Checklist