The Gamer’s Survival Guide to Fallout 4’s Commonwealth Glitches

An excerpt from The Virtual Player: The Story of the People Behind Video Games by Simon Parkin. Copyright © 2016 by Simon Parkin. Reprinted with permission of Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. All rights reserved.

Fallout 4 is immense, unpredictable, and monstrously weird, filled with the weirdness of post-apocalyptic life, where the remnants of a long-dead society collide with the need to scramble for survival among mutants, raiders and, especially, killer parked cars. Yes, you read that right: killer parked cars. The rise of Fallout players – spurred, at least in part, by Amazon’s fantastic new Fallout TV show – seems like the perfect time to explore one of its most bizarrely funny and frustrating glitches: the oft-notorious ‘Fallout 4 car death glitch’.

The Enigma of Exploding Parked Cars

If you are playing Fallout 4, you’re probably out there somewhere on the desolate roads of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, steering an old world car or truck you picked up on your latest quest, when suddenly the break from greased palms or the crude wheel turns becomes a death sentence. Fallout aficionados sometimes refer to the ‘Fallout 4 car death glitch’ as a way to describe players’ experiences of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, a kind of second-shooter version of a silent movie gag gone awry.

Staying Alive in the Commonwealth

The way to avert an unintended vehicular homicide is a chant: Don’t. Touch. The. Cars. Veterans and rookies have also shared their stories and lessons learned on communities such as Reddit, where instructions range from the absurdly humorous to the surprisingly helpful. With this glitch, players have created a conservative gamer ethos based on careful navigation of the game’s environment – an otherwise simple landscape feature that becomes a necropolis of potential death.

Modding Your Way to Safety

For those who play the Commonwealth on Steam or GOG, the community represents potential salvation. The Car Physics Death Bug Fix mod by the modder opt33 on Nexus Mods reduces the carnage caused by these sudden explosions. It doesn’t remove the risk, but it does allow players to enjoy the drama of racing towards a combusting car without being forced to frantically search for the reload button shortly after.

The Fallout 4 Resurgence

With buzz steadily growing thanks to Amazon’s new Fallout TV show casting a wider net that’s drawing in new and old players alike, Fallout 4 has also massively spiked with a noticeable rush for new gamers, once again making it one of the best open-world RPGs available for both the Xbox and PC. This new surge of interest slot nice and neat in tandem with newcomers and series veterans taking advantage of this resurgence to dive in and enjoy the narrative and world that Bethesda has created, on occasion dodging the Commonwealth’s most ruthless of vehicles – its cars.

Navigating the World of AMAZON and Fallout

Discovering the Fallout Universe on AMAZON

Amazon’s next move into the Fallout universe might breathe new life into the classic game’s narrative, and draw a diverse audience into the base story – which could then lead to exploring the source material. If the Fallout TV show turns out to be a hit, whose first season already won out a spot on Variety’s list of Top Critically Rated TV Shows of 2022, then fans can interact with the story on a number of different mediums, and potentially cross the great divide between gaming and mainstream culture platforms.

Tapping into AMAZON's Gaming Potential

Amazon is now a major presence in popular entertainment, and its brand has filtered through to the games industry, too. Its hosting of Fallout 4 and its promotion of a Fallout TV show mean that Amazon provides a sprawling pipeline for the locations and stories that fans crave, ensuring the continued life of the Fallout name.

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