Shift At Midnight Gas Pump Driver Check Guide

When a driver stops at the repaired gas pump, check both the person and the car before you serve them. Get the fuel request, search the vehicle with your flashlight, look up the license plate on the pump-side device, and question any specific contradiction before making the driver decision.

For: Full release (July 22, 2026) · Updated: July 28, 2026

Key takeaways

• A gas-pump customer has a separate driver, vehicle, and license-plate check.
• Note the requested fuel amount and plate before walking away from the car.
• Use the flashlight to search the vehicle, then compare the plate with the lookup device beside the pump.
• Question a driver when a story or record does not line up; the task note says ordinary crime is not your target unless it points to a doppelganger threat.
• Do not memorize one run's driver, plate, fuel amount, or suspicious object.

Gas-pump check order

1. Get the driver's request

Talk to the driver first. Keep track of what service they ask for and any details they give you. A fuel request is part of the transaction, not proof that the driver is human.

2. Search the car with the flashlight

Use your flashlight while checking the accessible vehicle areas. You are looking for something that conflicts with the driver's story or indicates a doppelganger threat. A normal-looking car does not complete the other checks.

3. Record and look up the license plate

Read the plate on the vehicle and use the device beside the pump to look it up. Compare the result with the car and what the driver told you. Do not substitute a remembered plate from a different randomized run.

4. Question a specific contradiction

The pump note allows you to question the driver on available topics. Use that step when the story, vehicle search, or plate record does not line up. The note also makes an important boundary clear: you are investigating doppelganger threats, not enforcing every ordinary law.

5. Decide the driver branch, then finish the service

Make the human-or-doppelganger decision only after the available checks. If you accept the driver, return to the requested fuel service and complete the interaction the current shift presents. If you reject them as a threat, follow that branch instead of continuing the sale automatically.

What each check answers

If the task seems stuck

Before treating the shift as bugged, confirm that you spoke to the driver, searched the accessible car areas, entered the actual plate in the nearby device, and resolved any available follow-up question. Also check whether the fuel service is still waiting after your driver decision.

This page does not prescribe a universal restart or save workaround because no current source establishes one for this task.

For ordinary counter customers, use the doppelganger investigation guide. For the nightly store loop and quota, see the store and quota guide.

Quick answers

Is the gas-pump task tied to a fixed night?

The story introduces it after the pump is repaired, but the reviewed full-release evidence does not establish one universal numbered shift. Follow the task note in your current run.

Does a license-plate mismatch settle the decision?

The task gives you vehicle, plate, and driver-questioning checks. Treat the plate result as evidence to compare and question, not as a published complete answer key.

Should I report ordinary crimes found in the car?

The in-game note says you are not a police officer and should focus on doppelganger threats. Use ordinary details only when they create a relevant contradiction for this investigation.