๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐
After careful consideration the Real Traffic AI script has now STOPPED development. I have made a new mod currently on my patreon which integrates Real Traffic AI & Real Pursuit AI into one big mod with a whole load of brand new features. So go check it out!
๐ซ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
While the project is paused, no support will be provided for Real Traffic AI.
This includes installation help, crash reports, ScriptHookVDotNet errors, mod conflicts, GTA V build issues, or individual setup troubleshooting.
The mod will remain available, but users install and use it at their own discretion. please note Real Traffic AI WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE after the 29th June, 2026
โค๏ธ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐
Thank you to everyone who downloaded, tested, supported, and played Real Traffic AI
๐ฆ ๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐พ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ.๐ฌ
๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ ๐
Real Traffic AI V2.0 is a major civilian traffic behaviour enhancement for GTA V, rebuilt to make the world feel smoother, calmer, more believable, and far more immersive during everyday driving, patrol, pursuits, emergency response, and free roam.
This version is not just a small update.
V2.0 is a full rewrite of Real Traffic AI.
The entire project has been rebuilt with a cleaner internal structure, improved traffic logic, safer update handling, better performance control, stronger stability protection, and a much more believable driving flow across Los Santos and Blaine County.
The goal remains simple:
Make GTA V traffic feel less chaotic, less robotic, less brake-happy, and more like a living world.
๐ฅ ๐๐๐ผ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ.๐ฌ
๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐พ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐
Real Traffic AI V2.0 introduces a completely rebuilt traffic behaviour system designed around smoother movement, safer AI decision-making, better road awareness, and improved compatibility with LSPDFR-style gameplay.
This update focuses on making civilian traffic feel more natural without turning the game into chaos.
Main V2.0 highlights include:
Full internal rewrite from the ground up
New traffic management structure
Smoother acceleration and braking behaviour
Improved low-speed traffic movement
Reduced panic braking and stop-start bouncing
Better car-following and spacing logic
More believable traffic flow in city areas
Improved freeway/high-speed following behaviour
Better road-speed awareness across different road types
Smarter response to stopped or blocked vehicles
Early road obstruction response behaviour
Courtesy merge-style traffic cooperation
Improved emergency vehicle yielding
Safer siren/pull-over behaviour
Better stability in dense city traffic
Reduced crash pressure from heavy traffic updates
New safer startup grace period
More controlled update timing for performance
Cleaner INI configuration layout
Fully script-based design with no game file edits
๐ง ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐. ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐.
Real Traffic AI V2.0 focuses on improving how normal civilian drivers behave in everyday traffic.
NPC drivers now feel more composed when moving through traffic, approaching queues, following other vehicles, reacting to hazards, and dealing with changing road conditions.
Instead of constantly slamming brakes, surging forward, or reacting too aggressively, traffic now behaves with more patience, smoother movement, and better spacing.
This creates a calmer and more believable driving experience whether you are:
Patrolling with LSPDFR
Driving normally across the city
Responding to incidents
Moving through heavy traffic
Driving on highways
Watching AI traffic around emergency scenes
Free roaming across Los Santos
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐-๐๐ผ๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐พ๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ผ๐.
One of the biggest goals of V2.0 was to reduce the weird stop-start behaviour that GTA V traffic can suffer from.
Real Traffic AI V2.0 improves:
Vehicle spacing
Low-speed rollout
Queue behaviour
Acceleration smoothing
Defensive following
Hazard braking
Freeway following discipline
Stopped-traffic approach behaviour
Traffic should now feel less twitchy, less impatient, and much more believable during normal driving.
๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐, ๐๐๐๐, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐
V2.0 includes improved emergency vehicle reaction behaviour.
Civilian traffic can now respond more believably to nearby emergency vehicles with active sirens, including safer yielding and pull-over behaviour where appropriate.
This system has been tuned to feel more natural without forcing traffic into constant panic or creating unnecessary crashes around emergency scenes.
Emergency yielding is designed to support LSPDFR-style gameplay by helping traffic react more realistically when police, fire, or EMS vehicles need room to move.
๐ง ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐พ
Real Traffic AI V2.0 introduces early road obstruction handling.
Traffic can now behave more intelligently around slow, stopped, or blocked vehicles instead of simply freezing, stacking up forever, or reacting in overly aggressive ways.
This helps improve traffic behaviour during:
Stopped vehicle situations
Blocked lanes
Pursuit aftermath scenes
Escort-style traffic interruptions
Emergency scenes
Dense city driving
This system is designed to improve flow while still respecting normal traffic situations such as queues, junctions, and traffic light stops.
๐ฃ๏ธ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
V2.0 includes improved road-speed classification so traffic can behave more appropriately depending on the type of road.
Drivers should now feel more controlled in slower city areas while remaining more confident on larger roads and freeways.
This helps reduce the feeling that all GTA V roads behave the same and gives traffic a more grounded, location-aware flow.
โ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐พ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Real Traffic AI V2.0 includes several stability and performance-focused improvements.
The update system has been made more controlled to reduce unnecessary traffic processing, especially in dense city areas where GTA V can already be under heavy load.
V2.0 also includes safer startup handling, including a grace period after loading into the world, helping reduce crash pressure during the first moments of gameplay.
The mod is designed to be lighter, safer, and more stable than earlier builds while still improving traffic behaviour in noticeable ways.
๐งฉ ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐พ๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐
๐๐พ๐๐๐๐-๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ, ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐
Real Traffic AI V2.0 is fully script-based.
It does not replace game files, edit traffic files, or permanently modify your GTA V installation.
Technical overview:
ScriptHookVDotNet-based GTA V script
No game files modified
No traffic meta edits required
Safe to remove if needed
Configurable through INI
Designed with LSPDFR in mind
Built around controlled update logic
Includes logging support
Designed for long play sessions
Focused on compatibility and stability
๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐-๐ผ๐๐ฟ-๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
Install Real Traffic AI V2.0 into your GTA V scripts folder.
Basic install steps:
Make sure ScriptHookV is installed.
Make sure ScriptHookVDotNet is installed.
Place the Real Traffic AI files into your GTA V
scriptsfolder.Launch GTA V.
The mod will create or use its INI configuration file.
Adjust settings if needed.
Main files:
Real Traffic AI.dllReal Traffic AI.iniReal Traffic AI.log
๐ ๏ธ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐
Real Traffic AI V2.0 includes a cleaner configuration layout than older versions.
The INI allows traffic behaviour, performance, and feature settings to be adjusted depending on your setup and preference.
Default settings are designed to provide a stable and balanced experience for most users.
If you are running a heavily modded LSPDFR setup, it is recommended to start with the default settings first before making major changes.
๐ ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐
Real Traffic AI V2.0 is designed to work alongside LSPDFR and most common script-based realism setups.
Because GTA V traffic is controlled by many different systems at once, compatibility can vary depending on your full mod list.
For best results:
Avoid using multiple mods that aggressively control the exact same civilian traffic behaviour
Test with default Real Traffic AI settings first
Keep ScriptHookV and ScriptHookVDotNet updated
Use stable versions of LSPDFR and related plugins
Check your log file if something behaves unexpectedly
โ ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ผ ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐พ
Real Traffic AI improves civilian behaviour, but it does not replace the entire GTA V traffic engine.
Some odd behaviour may still happen due to:
Vanilla GTA V AI limitations
Heavy traffic density
Complex junctions
Other traffic or pursuit mods
Emergency scenes with many vehicles
Script-heavy LSPDFR setups
V2.0 has been built to reduce these issues as much as possible while staying safe, lightweight, and compatible.
๐ฆ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐
๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐
Real Traffic AI โ V2.0 Public Release
Current public version available now.Real Pursuit AI โ V1.3 Public Release
Stable public version currently available now.Real Duty Callouts โ V1.1.1 Public Release
Stable public version currently available now.
๐งช ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ผ / ๐๐-๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐
Real Pursuit AI V1.4
In development. - beta 1 releasing on over on my PatreonReal Duty Callouts V1.2
Experimental Beta 1 - Available on my Patreon NowReal Backup AI V1.0
Planned future project.
๐ฏ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐
Real Traffic AI follows a realism-first design philosophy.
The goal is not to make traffic dramatic for the sake of it.
The goal is to make traffic feel believable.
Core design rules:
Stability first
Realism over chaos
Flow over aggression
Smoothness over panic
Compatibility over forced behaviour
LSPDFR-friendly design
Natural GTA V-style behaviour, but better
Real Traffic AI is built to feel like GTA V traffic has become smarter, not like the entire game has been replaced.
โค๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ
Developing, testing, balancing, fixing, and maintaining these projects takes a huge amount of time behind the scenes.
Supporting the project on Patreon helps keep development active and allows more time to be spent improving behaviour, maintaining compatibility, creating new systems, and building future updates.
Patreon supporters receive:
Early Access to major updates
Exclusive beta testing
Behind-the-scenes development updates
Direct support for future realism projects
Early access to upcoming Real AI mods
๐ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ChristianLineham
If you choose not to subscribe, I still hope you enjoy the public releases.
Drive safe, enjoy the smoother roads, and welcome to Real Traffic AI V2.0. ๐ฆ
Edited by Chris's Modding
NO LONGER IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT
What's New in Version 2.0.1
Released
๐ฆ ๐น๐ฌ๐จ๐ณ ๐ป๐น๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ช ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐.๐.๐
๐ท๐ผ๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐จ๐บ๐ฌ
Real Traffic AI V2.0.1 is now available.
This is a stability-focused hotfix for the public V2.0 release, aimed at improving compatibility and preventing crash reports linked to ScriptHookVDotNet siren detection on affected GTA V setups.
The main Real Traffic AI systems remain active.
๐งฏ ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ซ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐น๐ฌ๐ต ๐ช๐น๐จ๐บ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฟ
๐บ๐ป๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐น๐บ๐ป
Some users running newer GTA V Legacy / ScriptHookVDotNet setups reported world-load crashes pointing to SHVDNโs siren detection path.
The repeated crash path was linked to:
SHVDN.NativeMemory+Vehicle.GetByteSirenIdOfVehicleModel
SHVDN.NativeMemory+Vehicle.HasSiren
RealTrafficAI.V2.Beta1.Entities.Vehicles.TrafficVehicleAgent.Update
RealTrafficAI.V2.Beta1.Systems.VehicleManager.UpdateAgents
Real Traffic AI V2.0.1 now bypasses this siren-checking path completely.
The mod no longer polls:
Vehicle.HasSiren
Vehicle.IsSirenActive
This prevents Real Traffic AI from triggering the reported SHVDN native-memory crash path on affected setups.
๐จ ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ๐น๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ต๐ช๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ซ ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฌ
๐ป๐ฌ๐ด๐ท๐ถ๐น๐จ๐น๐ ๐บ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฌ
Because the previous emergency siren detection system relied on SHVDN siren checks, emergency vehicle yielding may be temporarily reduced in V2.0.1.
This does not disable the full mod.
The following systems remain active:
Civilian traffic management
Ambient vehicle discovery
Car-following behaviour
Low-speed traffic smoothing
Freeway spacing and pacing
Intersection and queue awareness
Road obstruction response
Courtesy merge logic
Startup grace period
First-tick vehicle safety guard
World vehicle caching
Performance and city stability improvements
Emergency siren behaviour can be rebuilt later using a safer method.
๐ ๏ธ ๐พ๐ฏ๐จ๐ป ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ซ
๐ฝ๐.๐.๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฌ๐บ
Disabled SHVDN
Vehicle.HasSirenpollingDisabled SHVDN
Vehicle.IsSirenActivepollingRemoved the siren native-memory crash path from traffic vehicle updates
Prevented managed traffic agents from touching SHVDN siren memory during world load
Added safer internal siren bypass handling
Added logging to confirm emergency siren detection is disabled for stability
Updated version text to V2.0.1
Updated assembly version to 2.0.1.0
Updated README, changelog, and INI wording for the public hotfix
Improved notes around ScriptHookVDotNet setup and dependency issues
โ๏ธ ๐บ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐น ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ผ๐ณ๐ป๐บ
๐ท๐ผ๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ช ๐บ๐ป๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ฌ๐ป๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ
V2.0.1 keeps the safer public-release stability defaults.
Recommended values remain:
UpdateIntervalMs=250
MaxManagedVehicles=24
These values help reduce pressure during world load, dense city traffic, and heavily modded gameplay sessions.
๐งฉ ๐บ๐ช๐น๐ฐ๐ท๐ป๐ฏ๐ถ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ซ๐ถ๐ป๐ต๐ฌ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฌ
๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฌ๐ช๐ป ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ซ๐ต ๐บ๐ฌ๐ป๐ผ๐ท ๐ฐ๐บ ๐บ๐ป๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ ๐น๐ฌ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฐ๐น๐ฌ๐ซ
Real Traffic AI still requires ScriptHookVDotNet to be installed correctly.
If users receive a missing ScriptHookVDotNet3 dependency error, that means the mod is not loading because SHVDN cannot be found or loaded properly.
This is separate from the siren crash path fixed in V2.0.1.
๐ฆ ๐ผ๐ท๐ซ๐จ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ญ๐น๐ถ๐ด ๐ฝ๐.๐
๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ๐จ๐ต ๐น๐ฌ๐ท๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ๐ต๐ป ๐น๐ฌ๐ช๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฌ๐ต๐ซ๐ฌ๐ซ
For best results, replace the old V2.0 files with the new V2.0.1 files.
Recommended update steps:
Delete the old
Real Traffic AI.dllInstall the new
Real Traffic AI.dllDelete the old
Real Traffic AI.logOptional but recommended: delete the old
Real Traffic AI.iniInstall the new
Real Traffic AI.iniLaunch the game and test with default settings first
๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐จ๐ณ ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฌ๐บ
๐บ๐ป๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ป๐ ๐พ๐ฐ๐ต๐บ
Real Traffic AI V2.0.1 is focused on protecting the public V2.0 release from the repeated SHVDN siren-check crash path while keeping the main traffic systems active.
This hotfix keeps the V2.0 traffic improvements in place while removing the risky siren memory checks that caused crashes for affected users.
Thank you for testing, reporting issues, and helping improve Real Traffic AI.
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