RLS Career Overhaul - Global Career Improvement! v2.6.5

The Great ReBalance

• Added the new career rebalance and skill progression foundation across the overhaul, giving more activities their own progression paths, clearer identity, and better unlock structure.
• Added broader XP, reward, and pacing changes across jobs, racing, and other activities to make progression feel more structured from early to late game.
• Added more defined police progression, including clearer unlock points, payout balance, and progression goals.
• Added savings interest and a more dynamic economy so money growth and career balance feel more alive over time.

The Vault

Auction experience

• Added The Vault used car auction as a dedicated new way to browse, bid on, and buy used vehicles.
• The Vault includes themed auctions, varied auction sizes, and support for restarting auctions while inside the auction space.
• Auction flow is more complete overall, with better handling for listings, inventory, and payments.

NPC bidding and logic

• NPC bidding has been expanded to feel more like a live sale, with stronger bidding behavior, cleaner filters, better pricing flow, and more dynamic auction pacing.
• Auction vehicle selection and lot behavior are more consistent, making runs through the Vault feel more replayable.

FRE contracts and racing

• Improved FRE contracts with better reward scaling, cleaner progression, and more reliable event handling.
• Drift freeroam events now track split scores and personal bests with clearer HUD feedback.
• Freeroam event flow is better controlled, including cleaner contract vehicle pools and better restrictions when another event is already active.

Gambling and music

• Added card games to career, including Blackjack and Ride the Bus.
• Gambling now ties into its own skill, giving the system room to grow with your career.
• Added a music player for career mode to make downtime and event flow feel more alive.

Phone, UI, and jobs

• Expanded the phone and career UI to support the new systems more cleanly, and career map lists now sort alphabetically by display name for easier browsing.
• Ambulance pickup range has been widened, bus work can now pay extra distance on shorter routes, and facility work batch jobs now respect each location's real batch limits.

Fixes

• Fixed roadside towing usage so free tows are actually consumed correctly.
• Insurance penalties now scale better with how much of the repair cost your policy covered.
• Fixed switching into a police car mid-pursuit so it no longer creates free arrest money exploits.
• Fixed FRE speed reading so event pacing and targets behave more reliably.
• Trailers no longer appear in freeroam contract vehicle pools where they do not belong.
• Fixed a zero-value marketplace loophole that could be abused in vehicle listings.
• Auction vehicles now despawn and return to inventory through the correct code paths.
• Fixed the career popup so it behaves better on very low resolutions and scrolls properly in the in-game guide.
• Fixed Freeroam+ so the node grabber no longer stays blocked.
• Test drive damage fees now scale to about half of the actual repair cost instead of using a flat charge.
• Ride the Bus payouts have been toned down so it does not outpace too many other jobs.