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Taxi Job — Fare Meter & Dropoff

ESX taxi job with a distance-based fare meter that accumulates while active and pays out on dropoff.

NON-TESTÉ — the reference Lua is syntax-validated, not run in a live FiveM server. Adapt and test on your own dev server before shipping.
Est. Lua
~72 loc
Claude
Claude Opus 4.x / Sonnet 4.x
Validation
syntax-validated
Updated
2026-06-25

Description

An ESX taxi job: /startmeter begins a distance-based fare (flag-drop plus a per-metre rate) that ticks every two seconds, and /dropoff stops the meter and deposits the rounded fare. A periodic notification shows the running total. This is the earnings loop for cab and rideshare RP.

Prompt Template

You are writing a FiveM resource for esextended (stable, exports getSharedObject).

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Expected Output

The reference Lua lives at content/expected-outputs/jobs/05-taxi-fare-meter-dropoff.lua. It implements a 2s distance-accumulating meter, a dropoff that stops the thread and bills, and a server payout…

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The full prompt template and its reference Lua are part of a one-time pack. Pick your depth — both are lifetime access, no subscription, ever.

Core$49one-time
  • 60 prompts + syntax-validated reference Lua
  • Lifetime access — pay once
Most Popular · Best Value
Vault$199one-time
  • All 510 prompts — the full library
  • Per-prompt profit/trend intelligence (CSV + playbook)
  • Lifetime free updates — new niches as the market moves
Get the Vault — $199

$49 for 60 · $199 for all 510 + intelligence — one-time, no subscription.

Known Failure Modes

  • Tick too tight — summing distance on Wait(0) makes each per-frame delta near zero and noisy. Use a ~2s tick so #(coords - lastCoords) is a real distance.
  • Unclamped server payout — trusting the client fare lets a modded client deposit millions. Clamp with math.min(fare, cap) server-side.
  • Meter never stops — if dropoff doesn't flip the active flag the thread keeps charging. Make the loop condition the active flag so it exits cleanly.
  • No job gate — gate taxi:collectFare on job.name == "taxi".

Integration Notes

  • Split the banners into client.lua and server.lua; list both in fxmanifest.lua.
  • Requires es_extended and a taxi job seeded in your jobs table.
  • Test on a dev server: set yourself to taxi, /startmeter, drive a few blocks, /dropoff, and confirm the deposited amount tracks the distance driven.

Profit Potential

$300–$4000/mo on Tebex (expected ~$1100). [INFERRED] priced inside the $50-389 script band against the signal-scraper tebex_snapshot corpus (median seller $11.85K/mo, n=100), scaled for a hot job-systems niche at beginner difficulty — high unit volume on a low ticket.

Trend Signal

🔥 hot — custom FiveM job systems = niche-selection LAUNCH #1 (4.75).

Sales Angle

Position as the honest-meter taxi job: a real distance fare with a server-side clamp that kills payout spoofing. An easy upsell to every cab/rideshare server — list at $69.

Difficulty & Ship Time

beginner · ships in 2-4h.