Vapid Caracara Raid | Lore-Friendly Police Interceptor | FiveM

This FiveM lore friendly police interceptor brings the Vapid Caracara Raid to your server as a scratch-made, non-ELS pursuit unit built for serious patrol roleplay. Engineered as a vanilla edit by Dayashii with contributions from WiseGuy, Tidemo, and JunkyWRX, this 2020 Special Pursuit Interceptor pairs Rockstar-style detailing with a 200+ tuning part ecosystem that turns one vehicle into your entire department's fleet. Whether your players patrol Vinewood at 3 AM or run highway interdiction across Blaine County, this unit handles like it belongs on the road and looks like Rockstar shipped it.

🚔 Inside the FiveM Lore-Friendly Police Interceptor Build

Most police vehicle releases drop one livery, one lightbar, and call it a day. The Vapid Caracara Raid Special Pursuit Interceptor does the opposite — a single drag-and-drop addon resource that doubles as LEO, EMS, DOC, Federal, Unmarked, and Decommissioned units thanks to its universal parts library shared across the ONX EVP ecosystem. Every detail, from the colorable callsign system to the ALPR-attached lightbars, was built to give roleplay communities a patrol unit that scales with the server instead of locking them into one configuration. The handling blends RP realism with arcade balance, so chases feel grounded but never sluggish. The result is a vehicle that feels purpose-built for storytelling, not just another model swap.

✨ Highlights at a Glance

These are the headline traits that separate this Caracara Raid build from generic police mods on the market:

• 🚨 Non-ELS lighting — server-friendly with zero client ELS dependency for clean compatibility

• 🏙️ Lore-friendly scratch-made model that drops into any GTA V world without breaking immersion

• 🎨 2K liveries with quality balanced for in-game performance

• 🛞 Custom Off-road Trophy Vapid wheels for a purposeful pursuit stance

• 🔧 200+ customization options driven through modkit and extras — no custom menus required

• ⚙️ Universal consistent parts matched to the ONX EVP and Gabz fleets (lightbars, antennas, consoles, cages, tags)

• ⚡ Optimized assets with full LODs, tuned polycounts, and compressed textures

• 💥 Rockstar-style dirt and crash mapping paired with custom handling that blends RP realism and arcade balance

🛠️ Major Features Built for Department Depth

Every feature was added with a specific roleplay use case in mind — from solo patrol shifts to multi-jurisdiction operations:

• 🔢 Callsign system — 5-digit, editable, fully colorable callsigns for in-character department identity

• 🚦 Lightbar options — ALPR attachments, slicktop, and undercover configurations

• 🔀 One vehicle model that doubles as LEO, EMS, DOC, Federal, Unmarked, or Decommissioned for maximum flexibility

• 🎨 Two-tone paint independent of livery (single and two-tone supported) for unique unit branding

• 🛡️ Departments and liveries — LSPD, LSSD, and SAHP variants included out of the box

• 🏷️ 16 unit tags — Supervisor, Command, Warden, Paramedic, SWAT, Gang Unit, K9, and Caution K9 (colorable and red reflective variants)

• 🚔 Exterior options — jurisdiction-specific ram bars and player-controlled spotlights

• 💻 Interior loadouts — 50+ console, radio, siren controller, and laptop setups, plus dash radar and divider/roof/trunk gun racks

• 🎛️ Native UX — labeled extras and mod categories for fast in-game toggles

• 👮 Matching uniforms — liveries align directly with the ONX EUP Clothing Pack

• 📚 Livery templates and install guides included for easy department rebranding

⚡ Performance and Server Integration

Optimization is not an afterthought here — it is foundational. The Caracara Raid was engineered for the busy server environments where police units stay on the road all night:

• 🚨 Non-ELS with synced patterns — no duplicate model spam in your fleet

• 🗜️ Full LODs with optimized textures (YTD ≤ 1024; embedded liveries ≤ 2048)

• 🏁 Realism/Arcade handling tuned for character and grip without sacrificing pursuit feel

• 🧩 Drag-and-drop addon resource structure with standard start order, compatible with common frameworks

📦 What You Get in the Package

• 🚓 Vanilla edit Vapid Caracara Raid with city, county, and state liveries

• 🧰 Universal parts library shared across other standalone ONX models for fast, consistent fleet builds

• 📘 Support and documentation including templates, install tutorials, and best practices

Additional liveries and lightbars are also available through the EVP Liveries and Lightbars companion add-on.

🆔 Spawn Code

One unified spawn code drives every department, role, and configuration variant through modkit and extras toggled in-game:

• onx_polcara — Vapid Caracara Raid (2017–2020) base model. Configure department, lightbar, ALPR, cage, console, antennas, trunk, and tags in-game via your customization menu.

📊 Developer Specifications

Exact file sizes and polycounts so server owners can plan stream memory and asset weight with full transparency:

Shared Mod Parts

• 227 yft mod parts: 35.21MB total

• L0: Max 9,451

• L0–L2 included for all mod parts

Vapid Caracara Raid (2017–2020) — onx_polcara

• nx_polcara_hi.yft: 2.7MB

• nx_polcara.yft: 2.0MB

• nx_polcara.ytd: 1.3MB

• 3 yft mod parts: < 0.5MB

Model Polycount

• L0: 121,789

• L1: 39,897

• L2: 19,911

• L3: 10,389

• L4: 1,331

Textures

• YTD resolution: Max 1024x1024

• YTD texture count: 53

• YFT resolution for embedded liveries: Max 2048x2048

🔧 Quick Installation

• Add the ONX vehicle resources to your server's resources folder inside a new [onx_vehicles] directory.

• Add ensure [onx_vehicles] to your server.cfg.

• Use a customization menu in-game to configure lightbars, liveries, ALPR, cages, consoles, antennas, trunks, and tags.

• Add the VMT_LIGHTBAR category to your customization menu (introduced in build 3095) to access custom ALPR and lightbar options.

✅ Compatibility and Notes

This is a drag-and-drop addon resource, making the FiveM non-ELS pursuit vehicle setup straightforward regardless of your stack. It works with common framework setups and a standard start order, so QBCore, ESX, and Qbox servers can all run it without extra glue code. Game Build 3095 is required to unlock some lightbar features, while the rest works on standard builds. Subscription is not required for this standalone — it is fully optional in that regard. License terms apply: assets are for use on licensed subscriber servers granted through your Cfx keymaster portal, and no reuploading, resale, or rebranding (outside liveries and textures) is permitted.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do I need ELS installed to use this vehicle?

A: No. The Caracara Raid runs on non-ELS lighting with synced patterns, meaning there is no client-side ELS dependency. Players can join your server and see lights work correctly without installing anything extra on their end.

Q: Which frameworks does this work with?

A: This is a drag-and-drop addon resource using a standard start order, so it works with common frameworks including QBCore, ESX, and Qbox. Configuration happens through a customization menu in-game using labeled extras and mod categories.

Q: Can one vehicle really serve as multiple unit types?

A: Yes. A single spawn code (onx_polcara) doubles as LEO, EMS, DOC, Federal, Unmarked, and Decommissioned by toggling extras, mod categories, lightbars, ALPR, cages, and the 16 included unit tags in-game — no separate models or resources needed.

Q: What is included for in-game customization?

A: 200+ customization options driven through modkit and extras, including 16 unit tags, 50+ interior console/radio/laptop loadouts, ALPR-attached lightbars, slicktop and undercover variants, jurisdiction-specific ram bars, spotlights, custom Off-road Trophy Vapid wheels, and two-tone paint independent of liveries.

Q: Are there any game build requirements?

A: Some features — specifically custom ALPR and lightbar options accessed via the VMT_LIGHTBAR category — require Game Build 3095 or later. The base vehicle and most features work on standard server builds.

🎯 Built for Departments That Take Patrol Seriously

The Vapid Caracara Raid Special Pursuit Interceptor isn't just a model release — it's an entire patrol ecosystem in one resource. Give your LSPD, LSSD, and SAHP players a vehicle that scales with their callouts, brands cleanly to your department identity, and slots into the wider ONX fleet without rebuild headaches. Drop it in your [onx_vehicles] folder, ensure the resource, and your patrol night just got a serious upgrade.