There's a new sheriff in town.

It's a little late to say the least, but we're excited to announce that the first public version of our police mod for Red Dead Redemption 2, RDR First Response (RDRFR), is now available for download.

This first version of RDRFR puts the power of the law into your hands for the first time since Rockstar's flagship title arrived on PC.  Working in conjunction with our Patreon supporters and testers, we've built a number of core features into the mod for you to enjoy with the ability to arrest suspects, go on duty and request backup in a manner similar to LSPDFR for GTA V.  

Being tailor made towards RDR, though, there's a couple of key differences in RDRFR.  One of the new concepts we've introduced is for providing 'missions' or 'investigations' to the player.  Instead of pretending that police radios existed in the 20th Century, you'll now find that civilians within the world will summon your help the old fashioned way - in person, calling out loudly for the assistance of the law.  Similarly, there are other noticeable deviations throughout especially as it relates to arresting suspects and the interaction options available.  Instead of having separate key presses or buttons, we've tried to keep things as integrated with the game as possible: most of the features and actions in RDRFR are accessed or performed through the game's contextual prompts.

As for the mod itself, we did originally hope to put RDRFR into your hands much sooner, but our efforts were hampered by the ongoing situation in the real world which has had an effect on us all.  It's important to note too that RDRFR, along with RDR modding in general, is very much still in its infancy and there's still a lot left to figure out as it relates to development.  Developing the mod has been a challenging process and please do keep in mind that RDR isn’t GTA - there are considerable and significant differences across the board; whether it’s the way in which characters act towards each other or simply the differing user interfaces and core gameplay systems like inventories and items. 

With that being said, we do think that our first version of RDRFR introduces some compelling new ideas, interesting concepts and leaves plenty of room open for future expansion.  You'll notice there are some neat details throughout the mod, and there's also a couple of content packs which make use of the RDRFR API already available, developed by our testers, for you to add-on too.

We hope that you enjoy this release of RDRFR, and we thank you for your patience as things took a little longer than anticipated.