A FiveM minimap without postal codes

Why a map with no postals

Three reasons come up again and again. The server does not use postals at all — a racing, drift, freeroam or gang-RP server has no dispatch and no reason for a grid. The server uses postals but runs them as a script, which draws the nearest postal on the HUD and does not need the map to carry numbers. Or the server wants a map that looks like a map, with nothing on it that was not chosen — which is what "clean" means when people ask for a clean minimap.

In all three cases a baked postal grid is a cost with no benefit, and the map without it is the right one.

• No dispatch or postal culture on the server
• Postals handled by a script, not the texture
• Own zones, territories or blips drawn on top
• A quiet ground for a logo or server name

What is on the map instead

Street names, drawn from the road geometry so they follow the streets rather than sitting in boxes. Three road tiers. The full coastline with depth contours, the inland lakes and rivers drawn as water, and the terrain relief. No area names, no district labels, no numbers. It is the same 6144 × 9216 render as the postal base, minus the grid layer — the palettes are identical across both, so a server can switch between them later without the map changing colour.

Using it with a postal script

This is the combination most dispatch servers end up with once they think about it. The script shows the player’s nearest postal as text on the HUD, which is what a caller actually reads out; the map underneath stays clean. It means you can change the grid, the numbering or the script itself without touching the map, and it means the pause map is not covered in numbers that only matter within fifty metres of the player.

The postal-versus-script guide goes through the trade-off in detail, including what a baked grid is still better at.

If you want the numbers after all

The with-postals base is the same map with a numbered grid rendered into it, in the same twelve palettes, at the same price. Some servers buy both — postals for the police and EMS clients through a per-job resource, no-postals for everyone else — and the bundle discount applies. The comparison page shows the two side by side.