How to Set Up a Garage System in FiveM
· 7 min read
A garage system is the quiet backbone of vehicle ownership. Without one, a player's car vanishes the moment they log off. A good garage stores vehicles, ties them to their owner, and hands them back on demand. Here's how to set one up.
What a garage does
- Stores owned vehicles when players park or log off.
- Retrieves them at garage locations on demand.
- Tracks ownership so players only pull their own cars.
1. Pick a garage script
Choose one that matches your framework and integrates with your vehicle keys and inventory. Premium, well-supported options from our partner Glory Scripts handle the tricky persistence logic for you.
2. Connect it to ownership
Garages must talk to your dealership so a freshly-bought car appears in the buyer's garage. If ownership and the garage don't sync, players lose cars they paid for — the number-one garage complaint.
3. Place garages sensibly
Put garages where players actually need them — near homes, job sites and the mechanic shop. Job vehicles should live in job-locked garages.
4. Test the persistence edge cases
- Store a car, restart the server, retrieve it — does it survive?
- Damaged cars — does damage persist or reset?
- Impounded cars — can players recover them correctly?
Garages, keys and a dealership together make car ownership feel permanent and real — the foundation every car-focused server needs. Stock it from our vehicle catalog.
