What tool can I use to change car names?

[NikoTheBosnian]

So I'm kind of mish-mashing several mods together but it always keeps the car names from the "starting mod", not sure what tool there is to easily change them?

[Muggy]

The only one I can think of is

Mafia Text Editor
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[MatteoCapoletti]

[Muggy]

[MatteoCapoletti]

[Hunter]

carindex.def = car names
textdb_en.def = carcyclopedia strings

That also will include any modified text the mod has which refers to cars ("The Don wants you to steal that Lassiter").

IMO, you could, depending on what you want to do, install the mod you want, then throw on something like real car names, which probably (depending on string length/usage) won't cause issues. But only for carindex.def. If you just want to tweak it without changing the game or the mod too much, the text editor makes it easy.

You still have to be careful with string length though, or the table gets messed up and your text won't display correctly in game.

When writing strings longer than usual or in atypical locations (other than where the game has placed such text) you should check in game before moving on to ensure you didn't mess up the table or just cut off some text somewhere.

If you just want the default car names, that's easy. You don't need a text editor. Just delete carindex.def.