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title: Wreck model replacement
summary: A prepared wreck model replaces a vehicle after destruction.
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  - Vehicles
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    title: 'Game Mechanics: Wreck model replacement'
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    title: 'Tom Clancy''s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019)'
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Replace a vehicle with a wreck
    description: A prepared wreck model replaces a vehicle after destruction.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/world-wreck-model-replacement.webp
      width: 568
      height: 354
      game: 'Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint'
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      sourceFrameSeconds: 4.78
      credit: Ubisoft Paris; 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 charred body remains after the explosion
      alt: >-
        Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint: A charred body remains after the
        explosion.
      markers:
        - x: 57
          'y': 62
          label: The wrecked version of the vehicle body
    tips:
      - >-
        Preserve position, dimensions and important collisions when replacing
        the model.
    examples:
      - title: 'Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint'
        url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/wreck-model-replacement'
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  checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by
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  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.
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# Wreck model replacement

id: game-mechanics--gm-wreck-model-replacement
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-wreck-model-replacement
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-wreck-model-replacement/

A prepared wreck model replaces a vehicle after destruction.

## At a glance

![Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint: A charred body remains after the explosion.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/world-wreck-model-replacement.webp)

[Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/wreck-model-replacement) · 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/ghost_recon_breakpoint_exploding_sports_car_s.webm), 4.78 s

1. The wrecked version of the vehicle body

- Preserve position, dimensions and important collisions when replacing the model.

- [Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/wreck-model-replacement)

## How it works

A prepared wreck model replaces a vehicle after destruction.

## Variants

### How the technique works

<a id="gm-wreck-model-replacement-rule"></a>

- A prepared wreck model replaces a vehicle after destruction. <a id="gm-wreck-model-replacement-definition"></a>

## 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: Wreck model replacement](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/wreck-model-replacement) (id: source-2b51cd8bbad6500b)
- [Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/wreck-model-replacement/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint) (id: source-dfee630aa814d780)

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