Vehicles

Both exist. Plugins and datapacks often fake vehicles through mounts or custom interactions, while modded servers can add deeper physics, components, fuel systems, and damage. The tech choice largely decides whether vehicles feel arcade-simple or simulation-heavy.

You typically start with a cheap, slow option and work toward faster or more specialized vehicles through crafting, shops, quests, or tiers. Progress is measured in range, speed, carrying capacity, and survivability, plus the ability to support your ride with fuel, parts, and a safe place to store it.

Common approaches include claims, locks, ownership permissions, or garage regions that prevent interaction. Hardcore rulesets may allow stealing and stripping, which makes parking discipline and secure infrastructure part of the meta.

Not always. Some servers are economy and building focused, where vehicles mainly support logistics and exploration. Others lean into vehicle damage, ramming, mounted weapons, and convoy fights. The key details are whether vehicles can be damaged, how collisions are handled, and what counts as fair engagement.

Stable performance, predictable controls, and terrain or roads that actually support driving. You also want clear rules around collisions near builds, plus progression that rewards travel without forcing constant refueling and repairs every few minutes.