i fought the law is one of those Cyberpunk 2077 questions where the accepted answer is nearly right and the gap matters.

Short answer

The direct answer is above the fold; the reasoning underneath is there for when the direct answer does not fit your situation.

Testing this yourself takes a few minutes and settles it definitively. The accepted community answer is broadly right and wrong in a specific way that matters here. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time.

The practical answer

Most of the disagreement online comes from people describing different versions of Cyberpunk 2077. The mechanic behind it is simpler than the discussion around it suggests. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. Edge cases are genuinely rare, which is why the simple answer is usually the correct one.

Nothing here depends on a setting you are unlikely to have. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows. It is worth separating what the game does from what players have concluded it does.

What to do instead

Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. Everything below is framed around the current state of Cyberpunk 2077 rather than a launch-week impression. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why.

  • Test it yourself where testing is cheap.
  • Try the straightforward approach before the elaborate one.
  • Give a method one honest attempt before deciding it does not work.
  • Do not build a routine around an edge case.
  • Check which version any conflicting advice was written for.
  • Keep a save or backup from before you start — it costs nothing and occasionally saves an evening.

Why it works this way

There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration.

Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work.

Worth knowing alongside this

What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it. Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later.

Cyberpunk 2077 is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different.

When the usual advice fails

If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over. The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first.

Where people go wrong

  • Downloading a helper tool for something the game already does in its own menu.
  • Rushing the last step, which is usually the one with the actual requirement in it.
  • Changing five things at once and then not knowing which one helped.
  • Assuming a guide from an older season still describes the current version.

Cyberpunk FAQ

Do I need any mods or third-party tools for this?

No. Everything described here works with the base game on any supported platform.

Is this still accurate after the latest Cyberpunk 2077 update?

The method is; individual numbers may not be. If a value on your screen differs, trust the screen and keep the sequence.

Why do people disagree about this?

Mostly because they are describing different versions. Version drift explains the majority of contradictory advice about Cyberpunk 2077.

What if none of this works for me?

Then something in your setup differs from the assumption — version, region or platform. Check those three before anything else.

Anything that shifts with the next Cyberpunk 2077 update will show up as a changed number, not a changed approach.