Real Traffic AI 1.8

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Real Traffic AI is a civilian traffic behaviour enhancement for GTA V, designed to make the world feel calmer, smoother, and more believable.

The mod refines how NPC drivers accelerate, brake, merge, react to traffic, and respond to the road around them, creating flow that feels more natural, stable, and predictable. Rather than completely rewriting GTA V’s traffic system, Real Traffic AI is built to feel like a natural evolution of vanilla behaviour — preserving the character of the original game while quietly removing many of its most frustrating quirks.

The goal is simple: make everyday driving in GTA V feel more grounded, more immersive, and far less chaotic.

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Real Traffic AI v1.8 is a major step forward for the project, focused on smoother flow, stronger road awareness, and more believable day-to-day civilian behaviour.

This public release introduces a wide range of improvements across general driving, traffic response, and overall stability, helping traffic feel more composed and immersive during both patrol and free roam.

Highlights include:

• Smoother overall traffic flow
• Improved road awareness and spacing behaviour
• Better emergency vehicle interaction
• AI indicator behaviour for more natural driving decisions
• Redesigned configuration layout for cleaner setup and tuning

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• Real Traffic AI — v1.8 Public Release
Stable public version currently available now.

• Real Pursuit AI — v1.3 Public Release
Stable public version currently available now.

• Real Duty Callouts — v1.1.1 Public Release
Stable public version currently available now.

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• Real Traffic AI V2.0 - Beta 3

• Real Pursuit AI V1.4 - Beta 2

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Developing, testing, balancing, and maintaining these projects takes a huge amount of time behind the scenes.

Supporting the project on Patreon is the best way to help keep development moving forward and allows more time to be spent improving behaviour, maintaining compatibility, and building future updates.

Patreon supporters receive:

• Early Access — Get access to new versions and major updates before they go public
• Exclusive Beta Testing — Try early builds of upcoming projects before full release
• Direct Support — Help fund the time and effort needed to keep development active and push these mods further

👉 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ChristianLineham

If you choose not to subscribe, I still hope you enjoy the public releases. Drive safe 🚦

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Real Traffic AI focuses on believable everyday driving, not spectacle or artificial challenge.

NPC drivers behave with more confidence, consistency, and road awareness, while highways feel more natural and traffic responds more smoothly to changing density, road types, and interruptions without constant panic braking or erratic reactions.

The result is a living world that feels more stable, more immersive, and far more believable whether you are patrolling, commuting across the map, or simply exploring free roam.

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Procedural, realism-focused patrol callouts.

Real Duty Callouts is a callout project built around realistic patrol work, investigations, and officer safety. Rather than focusing on fast-paced arcade-style scenarios, it is designed around slower, more deliberate policing where observation, communication, and decision-making matter most.

Real Duty Callouts v1.0 Beta 1 is now available.

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Real Traffic AI follows a strict realism-first design philosophy:

• Stability first — Behaviour should remain reliable over long play sessions
• Realism over chaos — Traffic should feel believable, not random or overdramatic
• Flow over aggression — Smooth movement matters more than constant harsh reactions
• Compatibility focused — Designed to work cleanly with LSPDFR and other AI-based mods

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• Fully script-based
• No game files modified
• Safe to add or remove at any time
• Designed for long, stable play sessions
• Compatible with LSPDFR and most traffic-related mods
• Built with performance in mind through controlled and throttled update logic

Edited 4 hours ago4 hr by Chris's Modding

What's New in Version 1.8

Released April 3Apr 3

🚦 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗜 𝘃𝟭.𝟴 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘

⭐ 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘

• Completely rebuilt the internal speed control architecture for smoother and safer traffic behaviour
• Added a centralised decision system to manage cruising, yielding, emergency response, and traffic flow more cleanly
• Removed older logic conflicts where multiple systems could fight for control at the same time
• Introduced smoother, more weighty speed transitions for a more natural driving feel
• Improved long-session stability with cleaner internal state handling and better logic refreshes

🚗 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗠𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚

• Significantly improved overall traffic flow consistency
• Reduced aggressive acceleration and unrealistic speed spikes
• Smoother stop-start behaviour in congested traffic
• Improved cruising stability on open roads
• Reduced harsh speed corrections during normal driving
• Reduced micro-braking and hesitation during steady cruising
• Improved pull-away behaviour from junctions and intersections
• Reduced stop-start oscillation in slower-moving traffic
• Improved consistency as traffic transitions between light and heavy density
• Added filtering to reduce tiny unwanted speed corrections and jitter

🧠 𝗔𝗜 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦

• More natural NPC acceleration and braking
• Improved following behaviour to maintain more believable spacing
• Reduced erratic reactions to nearby vehicles
• Reduced indecision when adjusting speed behind traffic
• Improved behaviour in tight traffic situations
• Improved speed transitions during normal cruising
• Vehicles no longer overreact as heavily to minor speed differences in flowing traffic
• Added smoother deceleration behaviour for a more natural driving experience
• Improved low-speed control and general vehicle pacing

🛣️ 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗟

• Improved speed behaviour based on road type
• Added proper road-aware speed scaling for residential roads, city streets, main roads, and freeways
• Improved consistency between minimum and maximum speed limits
• Improved handling of speed changes during road transitions
• Improved road-type detection stability
• Prevented incorrect long-term speed behaviour caused by road misclassification
• Fixed issues where vehicles could remain stuck in the wrong speed profile for too long
• Better overall consistency across different areas of the map

🚦 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦

• Added dynamic traffic-density awareness
• Better speed adjustment based on surrounding traffic conditions
• Improved behaviour in light traffic to allow smoother road flow
• Heavy traffic now slows more naturally instead of causing abrupt braking
• Fixed traffic slowing down unnecessarily because of parked or stationary vehicles
• Improved behaviour when density changes dynamically during gameplay

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• Introduced dedicated police pull-over calming logic
• Traffic now behaves more calmly and predictably around police activity when sirens are off
• Reduced panic braking, sudden stops, and traffic pile-ups during roadside stops
• Improved traffic flow past police vehicles without blocking lanes or freezing traffic
• Improved handling of slow or stopped emergency vehicles without sirens
• Added siren yield protection behaviour
• When sirens are active, Real Traffic AI steps back to allow GTA V’s native emergency response logic to handle yielding and pulling over
• Improved compatibility with LSPDFR pursuits, traffic stops, and emergency-related gameplay

💡 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

• Added AI indicators for turning and lane-changing traffic
• Added player indicator support with configurable controls
• Improved visual road readability and immersion
• Indicator triggering now responds more intelligently to actual steering behaviour
• Reduced false indicator activation caused by minor steering movement

🔀 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚

• Added a smoother yield-request system at junctions
• Reduced harsh forced stops when approaching intersections
• Added decision holding so vehicles commit more cleanly once they choose to move
• Reduced hesitation in the middle of intersections
• Improved lane-change blending for more natural merges
• Reduced robotic-looking lane changes during traffic movement

⚙️ 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬

• Completely redesigned and reorganised the INI layout
• Clearer, more user-friendly configuration sections
• All speed values are clearly labelled in MPH
• Improved default values for realistic out-of-the-box behaviour
• Added new tuning options for acceleration and deceleration smoothing
• Removed unused and legacy configuration entries
• Improved fallback handling for malformed or incomplete INI files
• Added live reloading so configuration changes can be applied without restarting the game
• Improved installation and folder layout guidance
• Changelog is now included with future versions

⚡ 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬

• Optimised internal traffic calculations
• Reduced unnecessary native calls
• Reduced script overhead by limiting excessive speed correction updates
• Improved internal caching and cleanup for better long-session performance
• Improved performance in high-density traffic areas
• Improved lag in problem areas of the map
• Stable CPU usage with no measurable FPS impact during testing
• Improved compatibility with LSPDFR
• Improved compatibility with ELS and other traffic or AI behaviour mods
• Script remains fully removable with no game file modifications

🐛 𝗕𝗨𝗚 𝗙𝗜𝗫𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬

• Fixed extreme reverse-speed behaviour causing loss of control
• Fixed unrealistic reversing speeds in low-speed situations
• Fixed sudden and unrealistic speed spikes
• Fixed aggressive braking while NPCs are cruising
• Fixed sudden speed drops that looked like hard brake slams
• Fixed speed jitter caused by repeated tiny speed adjustments
• Fixed hesitation loops caused by repeated small corrections
• Fixed vehicles rapidly oscillating between speed targets
• Fixed late braking issues that could contribute to rear-end collisions
• Fixed vehicles inching forward indefinitely while stopped at lights, queues, and intersections
• Fixed unnecessary speed logic fighting while vehicles are fully stopped
• Fixed reverse-speed edge cases that could cause unnatural behaviour
• Fixed potential memory growth from stale vehicle references
• Fixed traffic freezing or overreacting near police vehicles
• Fixed a potential null-reference crash in lane-checking logic during dense traffic scenes
• Added missing assembly information and updated internal versioning

📝 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦

• Real Traffic AI v1.8 focuses on realism, stability, immersion, and cleaner traffic behaviour
• Designed for long play sessions and LSPDFR use
• Fully script-based and lightweight
• No gameplay-breaking changes introduced
• Fully removable with no game file modifications
• Older INI files may need replacing to take full advantage of the redesigned v1.8 configuration structure

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Improves traffic flow and NPC driving behaviour for smoother, more realistic streets and highways in GTA V.

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Submitted December 18, 2025Dec 18
Published April 3Apr 3
Updated April 3Apr 3
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Chris's Modding

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January 1Jan 1

26 minutes ago, Godlike1 said:
[14:48:29] [DEBUG] Loading assembly RealTrafficAI.dll ...
[14:48:29] [WARNING] Unable to resolve API version 3.7.0.
[14:48:29] [ERROR] Failed to load script assembly RealTrafficAI.dll when searching for script types because there is an assembly that the script tried to load as a dependency but couldn't. Exception message: Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information.
First LoaderException message (which tells what assembly is missing): System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'ScriptHookVDotNet3, Version=3.7.0.83, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'ScriptHookVDotNet3, Version=3.7.0.83, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'

It's crashing everytime it loads

Have you got the latest version of Script Hook V Dot Net (Version ScriptHookVDotNet-v3.7.0-nightly.84) as this has been updated to match this version and later versions. Older versions are depreciated and won't work with this mod.

Godlike1

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January 1Jan 1

6 minutes ago, Chris's Modding said:
Have you got the latest version of Script Hook V Dot Net (Version ScriptHookVDotNet-v3.7.0-nightly.84) as this has been updated to match this version and later versions. Older versions are depreciated and won't work with this mod.

I've fixed that issue, players are still not going over 77 MPH I've changed the ini and everything and keep spamming the brake quick after like 1 sec in a loop?

Chris's Modding

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January 1Jan 1

47 minutes ago, Godlike1 said:
I've fixed that issue, players are still not going over 77 MPH I've changed the ini and everything and keep spamming the brake quick after like 1 sec in a loop?

its a rockstar limitation. If i change the code to go over they start crashing in to each other blowing themselves up etc etc. I would have to change all of the handling metas by hand and that would take me to long to do. Until i have time off work to do this. This limitation will unfortunately have to stay this way

1 minute ago, Chris's Modding said:
its a rockstar limitation. If i change the code to go over they start crashing in to each other blowing themselves up etc etc. I would have to change all of the handling metas by hand and that would take me to long to do. Until i have time off work to do this. This limitation will unfortunately have to stay this way

@Godlike1 I can fix this issue properly in the next version of V1.6 as long as i get it exactly correct to that the issue quoted doesn't happen

0pheIia

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January 2Jan 2

13 hours ago, Chris's Modding said:
@J.J Designs I am fixing this bug immediately. I screwed up the code that is why the AI is slamming on their brakes

great to hear cause I genuinely need RTAI

dillon1992

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January 2Jan 2

why do the AI keep pushing the breaks all the time?

Chris's Modding

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January 2Jan 2

2 hours ago, 0pheIia said:
great to hear cause I genuinely need RTAI

@0pheIia @dillon1992 I have somewhat fixed the code with V1.6 and should no longer slam on their breaks this will be released soon. It is just currently in my early access to make sure there are no bugs before releasing it on here :)

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JTSBR1

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January 2Jan 2

Thanks Christian - Will get this going in an hour or so.

Chris's Modding

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January 2Jan 2

5 hours ago, JTSBR1 said:
Thanks Christian - Will get this going in an hour or so.

@JTSBR1 Your most welcome. This version is buggy because I somehow manage to break ELS compatibility but fixed in V1.6 which will be released very soon :)

mitchell66

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January 3Jan 3

it crashes my game

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JM Modifications

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January 3Jan 3

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Chris's Modding

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January 3Jan 3

9 hours ago, mitchell66 said:
it crashes my game

@mitchell66 do you have the latest version of Script Hook V Dot Net. Minimum is ScriptHookVDotNet-v3.7.0-nightly.84 and Script Hook V latest V3725? If you do send your crash log and ill be happy for look into this for you

8 hours ago, JM Modifications said:
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@JM Modifications Thank You :)

vantino1345

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January 3Jan 3

hey! you want to add pit fix (stop the ped) to your upcoming project? (Real Pursuit AI)

Chris's Modding

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January 3Jan 3

50 minutes ago, vantino1345 said:
hey! you want to add pit fix (stop the ped) to your upcoming project? (Real Pursuit AI)
hey! you want to add pit fix (stop the ped) to your upcoming project? (Real Pursuit AI)

@vantino1345 Pit fix will be included in the upcoming Project. Version 1.0 will not include it because that will take some more time in the coding. But the pursuits are a lot better and not smashing everything in their path

Ofc Tim Bradford

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January 5Jan 5

really nice script!

Chris's Modding

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January 5Jan 5

8 minutes ago, Ofc Tim Bradford said:
really nice script!

@Ofc Tim Bradford Thank You!

malikhagen

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January 5Jan 5

On 1/1/2026 at 6:10 PM, Chris's Modding said:
@malikhagen The Backup Pursuit Behaviour is actually a good shout. I was originally planning on implementing it into this project but and i tried it but it just messed up the other AI so I scrapped the idea. But I will make a new project for this though very soon :) Happy New Year to you! And it shouldn't be to hard to do hopefully. I will work on Better Pursuits very soon! Thanks for the suggestion made me remember about it :)
Happy New Year to you!

will you release the real pursuit AI here on LSPDFR as well? Can't wait!

Chris's Modding

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January 5Jan 5

7 minutes ago, malikhagen said:
will you release the real pursuit AI here on LSPDFR as well? Can't wait!

Yes, I most certainly will :) it is currently in early access. I am currently fixing a compatibly issue with both scripts running but after that I will be releasing it on here :)

AssyWassy

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January 5Jan 5

hey i got the script with your most recent update but i am still experiencing micro breaking in game on all ai. is this issue still being fixed or did i maybe do something wrong? i also made sure to have the most recent script hook updates

Chris's Modding

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January 5Jan 5 (edited)

42 minutes ago, AssyWassy said:
hey i got the script with your most recent update but i am still experiencing micro breaking in game on all ai. is this issue still being fixed or did i maybe do something wrong? i also made sure to have the most recent script hook updates

@AssyWassy

This is a known behaviour that’s actively being refined. The issue has already been reduced and is continuing to improve with each update.

Real Traffic AI v1.7 focuses on further reducing this behaviour, and while it will be significantly less noticeable, some underlying vanilla GTA AI behaviour may still surface in certain edge cases.

Progress is ongoing, and things are moving steadily in the right direction 🙂

Edited January 5Jan 5 by Chris's Modding

AssyWassy

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January 5Jan 5

10 minutes ago, Chris's Modding said:
@AssyWassy
This is a known behaviour that’s actively being refined. The issue has already been reduced and is continuing to improve with each update.
Real Traffic AI v1.7 focuses on further reducing this behaviour, and while it will be significantly less noticeable, some underlying vanilla GTA AI behaviour may still surface in certain edge cases.
Progress is ongoing, and things are moving steadily in the right direction 🙂

awesome sounds good. really like the mod i will be looking forward to future updates

Chris's Modding

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January 5Jan 5

6 minutes ago, AssyWassy said:
awesome sounds good. really like the mod i will be looking forward to future updates

@AssyWassy Thank You :) Appreciate the support :)

JM Modifications

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January 6Jan 6 (edited)

your .dll file showing 1.4 instead of 1.6

Edited January 6Jan 6 by JM Modifications

Nightwatch

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January 6Jan 6

Does this conflict with Clear The Way or is it redundant?

Chris's Modding

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January 6Jan 6

2 hours ago, JM Modifications said:
your .dll file showing 1.4 instead of 1.6

@JM Modifications I forgot to update the assembly information. It is V1.6 I just haven’t updated the assembly. I’ll fix this for the next version. Sorry for the inconvenience

2 hours ago, Nightwatch said:
Does this conflict with Clear The Way or is it redundant?

@Nightwatch iv had no issue with Clear The Way V but if you start having issues please let me know

DeSepticOasis

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January 6Jan 6 (edited)

I noticed that for some reason... the speed changes or anything just doesn't happen.... Do you know if there would be any cause of this? Prior to installing your mod I had installed a "Fluid Traffic" mod or something awhile ago... Would that have compatibility issues?

This was the mod I installed: https://www.lcpdfr.com/downloads/gta5mods/scripts/51788-realistic-traffic-ai

If I don't see your response please add me on discord @ DeSeptic_Oasis

Edited January 6Jan 6 by DeSepticOasis