Watch Dogs 2 Vehicle Hacking Device

Use the item, aim at a vehicle, take control, and pick from 27 different hacks. Every detail has been obsessed over: a tactile CRT-styled UI, buttery targeting feel, and per-hack screen effects that fire on the victim's side of the screen.

Three "you just got hacked" overlay variants, per-client accent color and panel position, favorites, server-authoritative cooldowns (per-user and per-vehicle), full framework, inventory and fuel system auto detection, and deep config lockdown for owners who want to hardcode the look.

27 Hacks Across 4 Categories

Fight with your brain, not your gun.

Sabotage (6)

• Pop Tires
• Fuel Leak (slow drain plus health decay)
• Fuel Purge (drains immediately to a configurable amount)
• Disable Engine
• Speed Bomb (driver-visible HUD that detonates if they drop below the armed speed)
• Disable Rotor (helis)

Control (11)

• Open Hood
• Open Doors
• Lock Doors
• Unlock Doors
• Steer Right
• Steer Left
• Drift Mode
• Speed Limiter (cost slides with chosen speed)
• Lock Steering
• Pull Up (helis)
• Deploy Brakes

Chaos (8)

• Honk Horn
• Trigger Alarm
• Smoke Screen
• Eject Occupant (with seat picker plus ALL multi-eject option)
• Flashbang (full-screen white pop plus lingering afterimage)
• Reverse Camera
• Local Chaos (every nearby NPC driver floors it at the target)
• Explode Vehicle

Intel (2)

• Owner Scan (pulls the real player name from your DB)
• GPS Ping (live tag on the map for a configurable duration, essentially a tracker)

Per-Hack Screen Effects

Anyone inside the hacked vehicle gets a brief full-screen effect so they know they've been compromised, and each hack picks its own vibe. Three variants ship by default:

• Static: RGB chromatic split, scan-line static and tear bars, chaotic analog-TV interference.
• No Signal: SMPTE colour-bar "no signal" TV flash with scanlines and occasional strobes, great for intel hacks.
• Blackout: CRT power-off stutter collapsing to a thin centre line, for electrical and engine-kill hacks.

Items and Player UX

Two items ship by default.

Vehicle Hacking Device: opens the hacking UI when used.

Hack Script: stackable item spent per hack, or swap to cash with CurrencyItem = nil.

Configurable script consumption, optional device consumption, reusable or single-use device support, and a customizable balance label (SCRIPTS, CREDITS, SIMS, etc.). Both items (id, label, description, image) can be renamed or replaced freely via config.

Fancy Vehicle Targeting

Aim with the camera at a vehicle and lock on with left click.

• Separate range limits for helicopters and ground vehicles
• Screen-space vehicle outline
• Corner brackets
• Floating arrow marker
• Toggle each visual independently

HUD shows the vehicle display name and license plate (configurable).

Per-Client UI Customization

Panel positions: top-left, top-right, center-left, center-right, bottom-left, bottom-right.

Accent colors: 15 curated presets, custom hex color picker, saturation/value square, hue slider, hex input.

All preferences persist per-client via KVP.

Favorites

Pin your most-used hacks to a dedicated Favorites tab, saved per-player via KVP. Your go-to abilities are always one click away without scrolling through the full category list.

Peak Performance

The targeting raycast runs asynchronously with per-frame result caching so you never block the render loop, and the hacking UI lives entirely in NUI, so there's no native UI thread cost while the menu is open.

Outside of active targeting (up to 0.02ms in local testing), the script sits at 0.00ms idle.

Fully Configurable

Every feature, toggle, and value is exposed in the config. Browse the full config files on the docs site to see exactly what you're getting.

Config surface includes targeting range, separate limits for cars and helis, highlight visuals, currency, cooldowns (per-user and per-vehicle), progress-bar behaviour, exempt vehicle models, emergency-fleet detection lists, per-hack cost, duration, category restrictions, class restrictions, screen effects, and more.

Translations and Localization

Full translations/locales system for easy text customization and language support. Ships with German (de) and English (en). Adding your own language is straightforward.

Extensive Logging

Built-in logging so you can easily track who's doing what, with support for:

• Discord (nicely formatted embeds)
• Fivemerr
• FiveManage
• Grafana
• Loki

A separate logs.lua file provides a simple configuration surface. Set up your preferred logging methods and toggle exactly which actions get recorded.

Compatibility

Frameworks (auto-detected): ESX (es_extended), QBCore (qb-core), Qbox (qbx_core).

Inventories (auto-detected): ox_inventory, qb-inventory, ps-inventory, lj-inventory, esx_inventory, codem-inventory, origen_inventory, jaksam_inventory, qs-inventory, qs-inventory-pro, tgiann-inventory.

Fuel systems (only required if Fuel Purge is enabled, auto-detected): ox_fuel, LegacyFuel, lc_fuel, qb-fuel, cdn-fuel.

Everything routes through a single bridge layer. Adding new inventories or fuel systems is a one-function extension, and I'm always happy to help.