--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-carjacking type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-carjacking lang: en title: Carjacking summary: The player takes a vehicle from its current occupant. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-carjacking/' jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-carjacking.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-carjacking.md aliases: [] tags: - Game design techniques - Vehicles sourceIds: - source-395e1ad6ebed685c - source-3b577706bdb4f3d5 - source-ade6e8ab4d928bb7 - source-e170a4c9589df7ad - source-8ea28fc982848da0 - source-76b2d3a63838d0e0 - source-14111c8d04cb9ce2 - source-d3e9cfe9d61eeaca - source-374ab8e602860cca - source-c867d4704154a633 - source-a896de80fde219c8 sources: - id: source-395e1ad6ebed685c title: 'Game Mechanics: Carjacking' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking' verifiedAt: null - id: source-3b577706bdb4f3d5 title: Grand Theft Auto III (2002) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/grand-theft-auto-iii' verifiedAt: null - id: source-ade6e8ab4d928bb7 title: 'Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/grand-theft-auto-vice-city verifiedAt: null - id: source-e170a4c9589df7ad title: 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas verifiedAt: null - id: source-8ea28fc982848da0 title: 'Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (2008)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/mercenaries-2-world-in-flames verifiedAt: null - id: source-76b2d3a63838d0e0 title: Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/grand-theft-auto-iv' verifiedAt: null - id: source-14111c8d04cb9ce2 title: Mafia II (2010) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/mafia-ii' verifiedAt: null - id: source-d3e9cfe9d61eeaca title: Grand Theft Auto V (2015) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/grand-theft-auto-v' verifiedAt: null - id: source-374ab8e602860cca title: Just Cause 3 (2015) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/just-cause-3' verifiedAt: null - id: source-c867d4704154a633 title: Watch Dogs 2 (2016) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/watch_dogs-2' verifiedAt: null - id: source-a896de80fde219c8 title: 'Tom Clancy''s Ghost Recon: Wildlands (2017)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-carjacking title: Game design techniques url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-carjacking' categoryIds: - gm-category-vehicles supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Carjacking description: The player takes a vehicle from its current occupant. image: src: images/mechanics/world-carjacking.webp width: 400 height: 226 game: Grand Theft Auto III sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/gta_iii_carjacking.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 1.42 credit: DMA Design / Rockstar Games; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: A driver is pulled from a yellow taxi alt: 'Grand Theft Auto III: A driver is pulled from a yellow taxi.' markers: - x: 40 'y': 62 label: A struggle at the occupied driver’s seat tips: - Show control transferring and the displaced driver’s reaction. examples: - title: Grand Theft Auto III url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Carjacking id: game-mechanics--gm-carjacking type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-carjacking lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-carjacking/ The player takes a vehicle from its current occupant. ## At a glance ![Grand Theft Auto III: A driver is pulled from a yellow taxi.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/world-carjacking.webp) [Grand Theft Auto III](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/gta_iii_carjacking.webm), 1.42 s 1. A struggle at the occupied driver’s seat - Show control transferring and the displaced driver’s reaction. - [Grand Theft Auto III](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking) ## How it works The player takes a vehicle from its current occupant. ## Variants ### How the technique works - The player takes a vehicle from its current occupant. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Carjacking](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking) (id: source-395e1ad6ebed685c) - [Grand Theft Auto III (2002)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/grand-theft-auto-iii) (id: source-3b577706bdb4f3d5) - [Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/grand-theft-auto-vice-city) (id: source-ade6e8ab4d928bb7) - [Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas) (id: source-e170a4c9589df7ad) - [Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (2008)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/mercenaries-2-world-in-flames) (id: source-8ea28fc982848da0) - [Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/grand-theft-auto-iv) (id: source-76b2d3a63838d0e0) - [Mafia II (2010)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/mafia-ii) (id: source-14111c8d04cb9ce2) - [Grand Theft Auto V (2015)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/grand-theft-auto-v) (id: source-d3e9cfe9d61eeaca) - [Just Cause 3 (2015)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/just-cause-3) (id: source-374ab8e602860cca) - [Watch Dogs 2 (2016)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/watch_dogs-2) (id: source-c867d4704154a633) - [Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (2017)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/carjacking/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands) (id: source-a896de80fde219c8) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors