GTA 5 mods: The best PC mods and how to use them

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Whether you're new to the game or are replaying it for the thousandth time, the best GTA 5 mods will let you get more out of the open-world game if you're playing on PC.

Given the game is around a decade old by now, there are a tonne of mods to download and install letting you play as new characters lifted out of other games, films, and TV shows, take control of NPCs, and much, much more.

Best of all, the list of mods continues to grow day by day. There's never been a better time to play Grand Theft Auto V on PC.

Read on below to find out how to install mods on GTA 5 and to see our picks for the best of the bunch.

In order to use mods, there are a couple of bits of software that you will need to get hold of first. And remember, you can only get mods on GTA 5 if you play on PC.

Now that you've done that piece of housekeeping, you should be able to install any of the GTA 5 mods we've listed below. Check them out and see which ones you fancy playing with.

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Character Menu

The Character Menu mod lets you turn into any NPC in the game. With this mod installed, you can select and play as up to 500 characters you otherwise run across in your time on the game's map. You can even change the clothes and features of around 350 of them.

Get the CharacterMenu GTA 5 mod

Iron Man

Possibly one of the coolest and the most well known, you can have Marvel star Iron Man flying around in the game and causing all sorts of carnage — we love this mod 3000.

With all the powers you would expect him to have, plus the option