Fellow Officers,
Just last month, we revealed a few more details about the next update – and we’ve been thrilled by the feedback you shared. As we are currently working on the final touches and provide further polish around the edges, we can now finally reveal the official release date:
The Garage & Tools Update releases on May 20, 2025!
Today, we can also shed some light on the full scope of the update and it’s certainly one of our biggest yet. Let’s dive right into it!
Pimp Your Patrol
How do you make your patrol car even cooler? By truly making it your own!
Inside the garage, we’ve included a brand-new customization tab where you can now choose between a total of 18 different free attachments which can be applied to all patrol cars – from the Panther Z to the FPV. Which attachments, you might ask? Rims, spoilers, bullbars, lightbars, and stickers! The spoilers and bullbars also come in a variety of colors while the lightbars now consist of two different light settings, leading to more than 30 options to customize your patrol cars!
Wait, did we just say… new lights? Yes, indeed: Next to the already available blue/white setting, you can now also choose a red/blue one! These are available for every single lightbar and can be adjusted, like all the other options, inside the garage.
In addition, owners of the Unmarked Pack can now choose to remove the lightbar all together, even in combination with a ‘normal’ police livery. This way, you can finally drive a slicktop police car!
Even More Options!
To provide even more customization choices, we have also created a completely optional Vehicle Customization Pack that will also become available alongside the update as a paid DLC.
The Vehicle Customization Pack provides more than 30 additional parts and accessories, so that you can personalize your department vehicles exactly how you like!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3597220/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers__Vehicle_Customization_Pack/
Alongside the completely free updates, we plan to launch some additional paid content to support the further development of the game. To reward our most loyal officers, we’ve created a Season Pass that will provide access to all of these DLC with a total discount of 37% in comparison to purchasing them individually. The Vehicle Customization Pack is, of course, also included!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3597210/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers__Season_Pass/
The Season Pass will also launch on May 20, 2025.
Here’s a first look at what will be included in the Season Pass – with details to be shared closer to the launch of each individual DLC:
Gadgets without Limits
Over the last few years, we’ve released a bunch of amazing patrol cars – and almost all of them came with a unique gadget to improve your life as a patrol officer. However, all gadgets were only usable with the car they were originally designed for. We believe, this should change.
Thanks to The Garage & Tools Update, you will now be able to attach every gadget to every patrol car – with zero limits.
Please note that you must own the gadget via the respective DLC to attach it to other cars.
This means that you can even have all gadgets be enabled all at once, smoothly switching between them while on the ride. You’re at an accident site? Turn on the Matrix Sign or use the Winch to tow away the car to a different area! Need to catch up to a fleeing car? Let’s grant yourself a boost with Launch Control and tackle them with the Snare Net… the choice is yours.
In addition, when activating the Matrix Sign at accident sites, the spotlights turn on for all patrol cars and greatly improve visibility – especially useful at night! You can now also choose between putting the Matrix Sign underneath the light bar on top of the car or behind the rear window.
A New Free Tool: Hello, ALPR!
The Brighton Police Department has always invested in further research and development to ensure its officers have steady access to the latest-and-greatest technology. Thanks to the new update, you will now be able to equip the brand-new license plate scanner (ALPR) as an additional free gadget!
This gadget automatically scans and collects all available information about the license plates and the respective cars if they are ahead of the player in a direct line of sight, even if they are slightly to the left and right. Players will be able to check for potential registered violations and remarks, prompting a potential report and pull-over if proven to be necessary.
Bug Fixes & Other Improvements
Our team also put a high focus in fixing as many bugs as possible with this update – and will continue to do so until the official release on May 20. A huge thank you to our amazing group of community beta testers as they’ve continuously provided valuable feedback over the course of the last few months!
We are currently still verifying all fixed bugs and are actively investigating other issues. Please keep reporting all issues that you encounter – at best with a very detailed and reproducible description. The more extensive, the better! A full changelog will be provided alongside the update on May 20.
In one of the next updates, we intent to shake up the laws of Brighton a little bit: Our citizens have finally visited their dentist! They will no longer be carrying all their teeth around with them, instead they… well, it will be something else. Any guesses? In addition, we have recently asked the officers of the Brighton Police Department if they’d support the delegalization of ninja stars. An overwhelming majority has voted yes – causing this item to finally become illegal all over Brighton and the State of Franklin! Please look forward to more details very soon.
Local Representation
We’re also pleased to introduce the Catpaw Skin Collection, a brand-new set of four beautiful liveries inspired by Las Vegas, New Hampshire, Florida, and Fairfax County – and created in close collaboration with ricobrzenska and Kittyraww who provided some great support!
These skins will also become available for free for all patrol cars inside the garage! Which region do you want to represent next?
Breaking Boundaries: Crossplay Is Here!
As officers of the Brighton Police Department, we always strive to bring people and communities closer together. Building bridges is important – across platforms.
With the Garage & Tools Update, we’re finally introducing full crossplay between PC & Xbox! Bring along a friend and start your next shift together 🤝
Police Simulator 💚 Game Pass
We’re also happy to announce that, at the exact same time as the update, Police Simulator: Patrol Officers will join the incredible Xbox Game Pass lineup across PC and Console! 💚
Subscribers of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Standard receive full access to the main game – the perfect opportunity to finally join the Brighton Police Department!
Police Simulator joins Game Pass on May 20, 2025 and we can’t wait to welcome all of our new recruits!
Get Ready for the New Update!
That was a lot, but just to recap:
- More than 30 new customization options, including rims, spoilers, lightbars, bullbars and stickers
- Red & blue lights are finally here
- Slicktop option for owners of the Unmarked Pack
- Additional Vehicle Customization Pack and Season Pass
- Gadgets can now be swapped across all patrol cars
- Free new gadget: the ALPR
- Lots of bug fixes and additional improvements
- Free new skin collection
- Crossplay between PC & Xbox
- Introduction into Xbox Game Pass on PC & consoles
- … and more!
The Garage & Tools Update launches on May 20, 2025 and at the very same time we’ll publish the full patch notes so that you can see the full extent of the improvements.
Once again, a select group of content creators will receive full access to the update prior to the release date while it is still in submission for the public release. Their ability to showcase gives you a chance to take a sneak-peek at the content, so stay tuned!
Thank you so much for your support and stay tuned for what’s next! 💙
Your Police Simulator Team
https://store.steampowered.com/app/997010/Police_Simulator_Patrol_Officers/