LowJack - Grand Theft NCPD Edition

Please ensure you delete the PremiumPoliceProtection folder from the old version, as I have renamed the mod folder. Verify the exact path in the sticky post. While skipping this step won't break anything, it will significantly increase your chances of attracting police attention.

Description

Judging by the exclamation mark on the Break In menu — even in an absolutely empty garage — it looks like CDPR originally planned to threaten us with a good time, but dropped the idea somewhere along the way.

Lore-wise, stealing vehicles was probably supposed to trigger some kind of world reaction. What remains in the game are mostly warning signs on vehicles under the “potential risk” category.

This mod lightly restores that idea.

Selected vehicles can now have alarm / tracking behavior. Police cars are no longer free souvenirs, corpo rides may phone home, and expensive cars may come with the kind of customer support that arrives in an SUV with rifles.

The system is intentionally lightweight: not every vehicle is protected, not every protected vehicle triggers NCPD, and player-owned / garage-unlocked vehicles are ignored.

Cheap junkers are still safe to steal, mostly because nobody cares.

This was originally supposed to be part of Claim or Sell Stolen Vehicles, but the feature grew legs, stole a car, and became its own mod.

Features:

- Adds police-risk behavior to selected stolen / mounted vehicles.

- Police and law enforcement vehicles are obviously a bad idea.

- Corpo, luxury, and high-end vehicles may trigger NCPD attention.

- Different vehicle classes have different risk profiles.

- Higher-value vehicles can trigger stronger police heat.

- Heat is refreshed for a short pressure window instead of disappearing immediately.

- Player-owned / garage-unlocked vehicles are ignored.

- Cheap junkers, poor-tier vehicles, nomad vehicles, and gang cars are generally ignored. Nomads and gangs are not protected for lore reasons. Night City has many problems, but universal vehicle insurance is not one of them.

- Stealing a Rayfield or Herrera can easily turn your evening into a world of pain.

How it works:

When you board a vehicle obtained through the path of the Car Ninja, the vehicle may phone home.

This is consistent with Cyberpunk 2077 lore — especially the side job These Boots Are Made for Walkin', where a vehicle being tracked is very much the point.

Not every car has an alarm system, and not every alarm-equipped car will get NCPD attention. The NCPD may be busy somewhere else — possibly at the cyberpunk donut shop, or chasing another punk like you.

If you leave the vehicle and hide, the heat will eventually disappe