PS3 Save Games Hacked

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icleolion
Problem this causes me, is it means game developers/sony will undoubtedly distract themselves by attempting to combat the inevitable, instead of offering us more patches :)
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Like the PSP to an extent and especially the Wii... Lots of featureless firmware updates :(
 
I don't understand the appeal. Once you win the Sunday Cup in beginner with an X2010, what's left? Oh well, let people completely ruin the game for themselves if they want. Then mommy will be mad because they're only getting one afternoon's enjoyment out of that game she paid $60 for.
 
Prepare to see many people with Platinum trophies in this game in the coming months driving online like newbies :dunce:. It could help people on GTPlanet who do WRS as they could get a mirrored version of the game save on their GTP tag. I doubt many on here will though.
 
Owen.C93
Out of interest how many of you were okay with the idea of free X1s and duped cars?
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Not me, i hope the new update will incorporate that all cars over 10 million credits can not be given to friends just like the DLC cars, this will solve all the problems with these dirty cheats out there with below lvl 30 X2010's and rare classics.
 
icleolion
Problem this causes me, is it means game developers/sony will undoubtedly distract themselves by attempting to combat the inevitable, instead of offering us more patches :) Where's my cross-game chat Sony!!!
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They can't patch it, they know that.
 
Killa Aaron
Not me, i hope the new update will incorporate that all cars over 10 million credits can not be given to friends just like the DLC cars, this will solve all the problems with these dirty cheats out there with below lvl 30 X2010's and rare classics.
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Do those dlcs are account related? I don't know, but if not then we'll see lots of these around soon enough.
 
By about Febuary or March all these people will be bored with their finished games and will go back to hammering me at Black Ops.:lol:
 
rampageturke
They can't patch it, they know that.
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The worrying thing is if all future game saves get hacked then, trophies will become more useless.

However I just thought of something, prepare for many people to be banned from PSN. So any people on GTP, don't do this as you may become banned when Sony try and combat the hacks.

This could happen due to earning loads of trophies at the same time, Sony could filter all PSN accounts which had loads of trophies earned within a minute and ban them. I predict many people on the Internet crying over being banned if they previously had a high level legit PSN account and tried this save game hack as a proof of concept or to cheat.
 
Noctophobia
Do those dlcs are account related? I don't know, but if not then we'll see lots of these around soon enough.
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Any game DLC is associated to your PS3 and account. The DLC cars can't be sent to friends but if anyone wants to play the game on your PS3 will get the DLC cars on their save game to start up the game, whether if they stay if your friend was to copy the save from your PS3 and go home to play on theirs is not known to my knowledge.
 
Personally I won't be doing anything of the kind. I've never seen the sense of cheating in anyway, shape or form as it ruins the game. I like the fact I have to work hard to get anywhere in the game and if I'm finding it hard then sure I have to practice anything worth having isn't gained easily.

I hope PD find a way of curbing any problems that arise, I've seen a good suggestion that the saves are stored online in the vaults at PD or some such measures like that. I guess it's each to thier own.
 
Cool, still doesn't affect my gameplay. :)
So I don't care, and neither should anyone else, what other people do with their game has no affect on me physically playing the game at all.
 
Dodswm
Like the PSP to an extent and especially the Wii... Lots of featureless firmware updates :(
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But look on it from another side. I don't have a Wii (nintendo hater here >_> ) , but i do have a PSP.
And i admit, it's not the best console ever and there's not really many of AAA class games, minus some that someone won't like, because it's kinda rare if someone likes all game genres. That leaves that console with maybe 5 - 6 good games for me.
But CFW have added a new life to it, some homebrew has nice features, that Sony didn't added, because they were too lazy. Like listening own music when you are playing the game (any game, not GT only) for example. Or book reader (for PDF and txt).
So no, CFW is not bad as long as you don't use it for illegal things. Even ripping your own iso to have much faster loading times than from UMD is worth it, at least for me.

Only thing that are bothering me, is like i said, possible cheating engines/programs.
If people cheating offline, it's ok, i don't care, Even if people will get all cars in 1 sec and will use them online i won't care too, grind or b-day glitching or instant cars, doesn't really mater.
But those things can be used for something different, since they have a control over console's RAM.
In case with GT5, i think those things will be possible: crazy speed on any car, unreal grip and so on.
 
The one real fix I'd like to see is a patch that disallows a 'gifted' car from entering online. I know, I know, this would queer the pitch for the few that WOULD like to use the feature legitimately, but at this point, it looks like we are going to have to take the bigger picture into account.

Having innumerable players online in cars they haven't EARNED or BOUGHT (you need to be at a particular level to buy certain cars) lowers the likely driving standards, and dilutes the experience of racing competent opponents.

If not this, then perhaps some lobby filter for Level, or passing all S-Class License Tests, or the like. But wait! you are all going to say, why not simply race your Friends? For all those decrying that the game should not have ANY limitations, this must be obvious. Why should I have to wait for THEM to be available JUST to get a fair and decent race? The whole POINT is, log on at any time, night or day, and race online against whoever happens to be around.

But the game seems to have given up on moderating itself to ensure fairness, and left it to US to have to do it for ourselves, when quite reasonable restrictions could be placed in the hands of Lobby creators to filter entrants by experience, Level and License progress.

The hacked game save has some pretty deep implications for the longterm health of the game. Once you have progressed as far against the AI as you are willing to do, what is left BUT online..?

I imagine Sony are taking this VERY seriously, I hope PD is, too...
 
TJ31
But look on it from another side. I don't have a Wii (nintendo hater here >_> ) , but i do have a PSP.
And i admit, it's not the best console ever and there's not really many of AAA class games, minus some that someone won't like, because it's kinda rare if someone likes all game genres. That leaves that console with maybe 5 - 6 good games for me.
But CFW have added a new life to it
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Yeah, i'd agree with that - my PSP became more of a portable snes emulator before GT PSP came out (and went back to a portable snes emulator shortly after :p).

The Wii and my girlfriend came as a package :p
 
mavryk_gt
Scenario:

Jailbreak PS3, Download 100% save, get bored after a week because I have every car in every colour, no sense of achievement.

End of week PS3 dies because I let some nerd install his own dodgy firmware-software-jailbreak-hack-o-tronic.

GT is a long haul game... if you want instant cars etc go play NFS or Grid bla bla.

Rant over.
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lmao best response ever...

Thats what makes GT5 fun. you can almost NEVER beat it.
 
last i heared jail brake software was illegal in australia. and all the software stocks within australia phycial borders where seized.
 
interludes: you said this post can stay open until people discuss how to aquire illegal save files but save files arn't illegal...

Agreed that PD clearly don't want save files to be out in public domain hence being PSN locked, however, if they were to become publicly accessible then in essence it still isn't illegal like piracy is. It is clearly a method enforced to allow people to get the best out of the game naturally.

How people go about editing the save files to be compatible with any PSN or PS3 might fall under using illegal software/hardware but again that is unlikely to be discussed in this thread unless they were asking for links to said software or hardware. The save files being available arn't the same as linking to a download of GT5 software

Ultimately if someone wants to 'cheat' the game that is their choice and affects their satisfaction/enjoyment. I think everyone's gripe with cheating in GT5 is the fact that GT5 has a heavy online side to it and that someone may have access to a powerful car when they dont have ability to handle the car, however, how many of us have had every version of GT and are currently having to go through the process just to get to the level required to drive cars we are capable of driving.


Realistically I think ingame cheating isn't likely to affect the general users greatly, even online, if you have earned your car and are at a sufficient level to handle it and someone isnt then you are likely to still win the online match, if you are fearful of someone joining a game with a super powerful car against the majority of online drivers then the room creator limits the bhp power level to something respectable.

Skill will always supersede blatant cheating with those with no skill.
 
Dodswm
Of course not... she hates those endurance races :p
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Shame, would have made it easier on you if she was up for taking turns.

Anyway back on topic and to those who worry about this ruining online, for me personally, there were enough idiots online already for it to be an annoying experience. Everyone having access to a 100% save isn't going to really change the balance much.
 
Destinkeys
Having innumerable players online in cars they haven't EARNED or BOUGHT (you need to be at a particular level to buy certain cars) lowers the likely driving standards, and dilutes the experience of racing competent opponents.

If not this, then perhaps some lobby filter for Level, or passing all S-Class License Tests, or the like
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Not at all. The less time spent in A-Spec the better. Trying to associate skill with level or single player progress is non sense. It's better as is.

PD should have just kept GT mode in an isolated box in the first place. Online should be open from the get go, like in a simulator.
 
Exorcet
Not at all. The less time spent in A-Spec the better. Trying to associate skill with level or single player progress is non sense. It's better as is.

PD should have just kept GT mode in an isolated box in the first place. Online should be open from the get go, like in a simulator.
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How so? The less time spent in A-Spec, the better the driver? A curious assumption. The LESS time you spend driving, the better you'll be...

Perhaps you are referring to the fact that A-Spec tolerates barging. A legitimate point (not the one you made, mind you), but hard to deny that the more time in the seat, the better the driver. License Tests and Special Events certainly enforce contact rules and track cutting, though. Perhaps basing it JUST on those would be a start that you could live with..?

An online open mode doesn't take into account tuning and upgrades, though. How do you factor those in when EVERY car is available to everyone, right from the start? Personally, being matched with a noob on his first day of playing, with a DS3 and a ZondaR doesn't strike me as much of a race, either. Once again, it is a filtering system OTHER than racing Friends that concerns me. There are MUCH better matchmaking systems on other games, tied to game progress, and yes, while it might make for a slight inconvenience to a few players determined to not play the offline game at ALL, if your skill level is good enough to start with (and I certainly don't want to be around those online whose skill level ISN'T very good while they learn online!), it takes next to no time to level up to at least the point where Ferrari's and the like can be driven.
 
I would actually love to have a save with everything unlocked in arcade mode so my friends and I can play anything we want in 2 player battle etc... I like having my real save so I can still have a sense of progression but it sucks when someone comes over and wants to race such and such a race and we can't because I haven't unlocked it yet :(
 
lchadwick
interludes: you said this post can stay open until people discuss how to aquire illegal save files but save files arn't illegal...
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What I mean is that the thread can stay open until such time as somebody stops talking about the event in general and starts discussing how do do it themselves. All it's going to take is one post, and this thread will be locked up tight.
 
Destinkeys
An online open mode doesn't take into account tuning and upgrades, though. How do you factor those in when EVERY car is available to everyone, right from the start?
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Make all of that available too.

Personally, being matched with a noob on his first day of playing, with a DS3 and a ZondaR doesn't strike me as much of a race, either. Once again, it is a filtering system OTHER than racing Friends that concerns me. There are MUCH better matchmaking systems on other games, tied to game progress, and yes, while it might make for a slight inconvenience to a few players determined to not play the offline game at ALL, if your skill level is good enough to start with (and I certainly don't want to be around those online whose skill level ISN'T very good while they learn online!), it takes next to no time to level up to at least the point where Ferrari's and the like can be driven.
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I don't mind people who have trouble driving. In fact, I help them. So long as they don't drive backwards and ram everything in sight, what's the harm? It's not like 99.9999999% of drivers can't drive. And if that was the case, and we could divide people by skill, you'd never find the other guy who actually knew how to drive unless you knew him personally.

I believe that going directly online with the intent of learning how to race, is the best way to learn how to race. And I'm not a fan of going through hoops to enjoy something (hence my dislike of unlocks, A-Spec, leveing, etc). The people who ruin online aren't those without experience, it's those who don't want to race.
 

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