Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Improved Vehicle Combat & Police Chases Via Mod

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Thanks to a new mod, Cyberpunk 2077's futuristic vehicle combat and police chases have improved. Developer CD Projekt Red's action-adventure RPG was virtually unplayable when it was first released in 2020. In fact, Cyberpunk 2077's Patch 1.2 fixed over 500 errors, the high number serving as a very visceral demonstration of just how much was wrong with the game in its original release. Now a new mod adds to the improved game's experience by adding vehicle combat and making enemy NPCs more challenging in vehicle chases.

One of the common complaints about the game when it first came out was its NPC police force. Players have commented that interactions with the Night City Police Department feel incomplete, at odds with the rest of the video game. The NPC cops would seemingly materialize in the general area where a player commits a crime and quickly give up chasing the player. As more details of CD Projekt Red's development of the game came out, it was found that Cyberpunk 2077's police system was only added in the final stages of development. The last-minute addition of the Grand Theft Auto-esque wanted system explains why encounters with police feel unfinished at best.

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As reported by PC Gamer, the new Vehicle Combat mod created by user Scissors at Nexus Mods now letsCyberpunk 2077 players use weapons while driving and improves the wanted system of the game. Scissors mentions that the game's code has some functionality that enables the player to use weapons while driving vehicles, but it seems like this aspect of the game was disabled. However, thanks to a couple of workarounds, Scissors was able to essentially restore that aspect of the game