What's New in FiveM — 2026 Updates

2026 has been the most significant year for FiveM since Rockstar acquired Cfx.re back in 2023. We’ve gotten an official mod marketplace, a complete networking overhaul, and the long-awaited Enhanced Edition support — all within about seven months. If you stepped away from FiveM for even a few weeks this year, you probably missed something important.

I’ve been tracking every update as it drops, partly because I build scripts for a living and partly because some of these changes fundamentally affect how servers run. Here’s a breakdown of everything that’s happened so far and what it means for server owners and developers.

The Cfx Marketplace Goes Live

On January 12, 2026, Rockstar Games officially launched the Cfx Marketplace — a curated digital storefront where FiveM and RedM creators can share and sell their work. This was the first major signal that Rockstar’s acquisition of Cfx.re wasn’t just a defensive move. They’re actively building infrastructure for the modding community.

At launch, the marketplace featured mods from about 16 selected creators, with another six listed as “coming soon.” Creators like CodeM, NoPixel, and Tiger Scripts were among the names announced. Individual premium mods are priced up to $129.99, and creator bundles can hit $389.99.

For independent sellers — including us at YBN Scripts — this raises a real question: should you list on the Cfx Marketplace, stick with a standalone Tebex store, or do both? We broke down the tradeoffs between Tebex and direct sales in a previous post, and most of that analysis still holds. The Cfx Marketplace adds a discovery channel, but your own store gives you full control over pricing, branding, and customer relationships.

If you’re a buyer, the marketplace adds a layer of curation you didn’t have before. But it doesn’t replace due diligence — you still need to evaluate scripts for performance impact and framework compatibility before committing.

FiveM for GTA V Enhanced — Early Access

This is the headline update of 2026. On July 21, FiveM for GTA V Enhanced entered early access after being in development since at least March, when Cfx.re first confirmed it on their forums.

Here’s what you need to know.

What’s Actually Different

FiveM Enhanced isn’t a patch — it’s a separate client that runs alongside FiveM Legacy. Your existing Legacy servers keep running unchanged. Enhanced is built on GTA V’s updated renderer, which means ray tracing, improved lighting, and the modern graphics pipeline that Rockstar shipped with the Enhanced Edition of GTA V.

But the visual upgrade is just the surface. The real changes are under the hood.

Client-server networking replaces P2P. The old peer-to-peer networking model is gone. Enhanced uses a proper client-server architecture, which eliminates an entire category of desync issues that server owners have been fighting for years. If you’ve ever dealt with players rubberbanding or vehicles teleporting during high-pop hours, this is the fix you’ve been waiting for.

The OneSync overhaul. OneSync — the technology that lets FiveM servers hold more than 30 players — has been completely rebuilt. The new version supports up to 2,048 players per server while using up to 50% less RAM per player. Sync rates jump from the old 30-40 Hz ceiling to up to 120 Hz. That’s a massive improvement in responsiveness, especially for combat-heavy and pursuit-heavy RP scenarios.

If you’re not familiar with how state synchronization works in FiveM, we covered state bags and when to use them in an earlier post. The OneSync overhaul doesn’t change the state bags API, but it makes the underlying sync layer dramatically more efficient.

Bullet and dead body sync. This one is unglamorous but important. Bullet hole positions and dead body locations now sync correctly across clients. If you run a serious RP server, you know how immersion-breaking it is when a shooting scene looks completely different to each player. That’s fixed.

Updated runtimes. If you write scripts in C# or JavaScript, the runtime environments are significantly more modern under Enhanced. Lua scripts remain backward compatible, which brings me to the next point.

Backward Compatibility

Cfx.re has been clear: existing scripts written in Lua, JavaScript, or C# will work on Enhanced without modification. The decade’s worth of community resources already in circulation won’t break. All existing features and natives that FiveM currently supports carry over.

This is good news if you’re a server owner with a massive resource folder. You don’t need to rewrite everything. But there are caveats.

What’s Not Ready Yet

Enhanced is in early access for a reason. Cfx.re themselves warn that the release contains bugs, performance issues, and game crashes. More critically for server owners running paid scripts:

Asset Escrow isn’t available yet. This is the encryption system that protects scripts sold by creators. If your server depends on paid, escrow-protected resources, Enhanced isn’t production-ready for you. Large production servers should wait for Asset Escrow support before migrating.

Graphics mods are blocked. During early access, you can’t run custom graphics modifications on Enhanced. This is presumably temporary, but it limits the visual customization that some servers rely on.

3D asset conversion required. If you have custom vehicles, props, or MLOs, you’ll need to run them through Alchemist (Cfx.re’s conversion tool) before they’ll work on Enhanced. We covered the process of adding custom MLOs previously — the Enhanced migration adds an extra conversion step to that workflow.

Should You Switch Now?

For most server owners: no. Not yet. Enhanced early access is a testing environment, not a production platform. If you’re running a live server with paying players and escrow-protected scripts, stay on Legacy until Asset Escrow ships and the early access bugs get ironed out.

If you’re a developer or you run a test server, absolutely spin up an Enhanced instance and start experimenting. The sooner you identify compatibility issues in your scripts, the smoother your eventual migration will be.

The OneSync Overhaul in Detail

This deserves its own section because it’s the single most impactful technical change in 2026 for anyone running high-population servers.

The original OneSync was a bolt-on to FiveM’s networking layer. It worked, but it carried architectural compromises that limited how efficiently servers could scale. The overhaul is a ground-up rewrite that simplifies the sync architecture.

What that means in practice:

The “Cfx Server” (the new server binary for Enhanced) needs up to 50% less RAM per player compared to Legacy. If you’re currently running a 128-player server on a box with 32GB of RAM and hitting memory limits during peak hours, the Enhanced server could give you meaningful headroom without upgrading hardware.

Sync rates of up to 120 Hz mean that player actions — movement, shooting, vehicle handling — update on other clients far more frequently. The old 30-40 Hz rate was a known pain point. At 120 Hz, the gap between what you do and what other players see shrinks dramatically.

Bandwidth consumption is also reduced. For server owners paying for metered bandwidth or running on VPS plans with transfer caps, this is a direct cost reduction.

If you’re planning to scale your server beyond 64 players, understanding how to set up your server properly becomes even more important with these changes. The fundamentals don’t change, but the ceiling gets a lot higher.

New Fuel Consumption System

A smaller but notable addition: FiveM now includes native support for vehicle fuel consumption. This isn’t a script — it’s built into the platform via new natives (SET_FUEL_CONSUMPTION_RATE_MULTIPLIER and GET_FUEL_CONSUMPTION_RATE_MULTIPLIER).

By default, a 65-liter tank car stays idle for roughly 16.67 hours or runs at max RPM for about 2.5 hours. You can customize the global consumption rate across all vehicles.

For server owners, this potentially replaces third-party fuel scripts or gives them a native foundation to build on. If you’re running a custom economy where fuel costs matter — say you’ve got player-owned gas stations or trucking jobs — native fuel consumption is one less external dependency to manage.

This ties into broader economy and job design on your server. A native fuel system means fewer script conflicts and better performance compared to Lua-based alternatives that poll vehicle data every tick.

Closer Rockstar Integration

The overall trajectory is clear: Rockstar isn’t just tolerating FiveM anymore, they’re actively investing in it. The Cfx Marketplace launch, the Enhanced Edition support, and the rebuilt networking stack all point to a future where FiveM is a first-class part of Rockstar’s ecosystem.

We covered the broader implications of this in our post about FiveM’s future with GTA 6 and Project ROME. The short version: if you’re building a FiveM server or developing scripts today, you’re building on a platform with official backing. That’s a fundamentally different risk profile than even two years ago.

The integration with the Rockstar Games Launcher is tighter than ever. The installation process is cleaner. The development tools are more modern. And the fact that Enhanced runs on the updated GTA V renderer means FiveM servers can look genuinely impressive without relying on hacky graphics mods.

What This Means for Server Owners

If you’re running a server today, here’s the practical takeaway:

Stay on Legacy for production. Enhanced early access is exciting but not stable enough for live servers with real players. Wait for Asset Escrow support and a few rounds of bug fixes.

Start testing on Enhanced. Spin up a development instance. Test your scripts, your MLOs, your custom vehicles. Identify what needs conversion via Alchemist and what breaks. The sooner you do this, the less painful the migration will be.

Evaluate the Cfx Marketplace. Whether you’re a buyer or a seller, the marketplace is a new channel worth understanding. It doesn’t replace Tebex or direct sales, but it adds discoverability.

Plan for the OneSync improvements. If you’ve been holding off on scaling beyond 64 players because of performance concerns, the Enhanced OneSync overhaul changes the math. Start thinking about what a 128+ player server looks like for your community.

Keep your scripts updated. Lua 5.4 is the standard. If you’re still running scripts that depend on Lua 5.3 behavior, now is the time to migrate. We covered the basics of Lua scripting for FiveM if you need a refresher on modern patterns.

What’s Coming Next

Cfx.re hasn’t published a detailed public roadmap for the rest of 2026, but based on the early access trajectory, expect Asset Escrow support for Enhanced, graphics mod support being unblocked, and continued OneSync performance improvements.

The community is also watching closely for any signals about GTA VI integration. Project ROME — Rockstar’s rumored official modding engine — remains unconfirmed but increasingly plausible given how much infrastructure Rockstar is building around FiveM.

For now, 2026 is shaping up to be a transition year. Legacy isn’t going anywhere immediately, but the future is clearly Enhanced. The server owners and developers who start preparing now will be in the best position when Enhanced goes from early access to production-ready.

If you want to stay on top of these changes, join our Discord community where we discuss updates as they drop. And if you’re looking to add functionality to your server in the meantime, check out our free scripts collection or browse the premium store for production-ready resources that work on both Legacy and Enhanced.