Well, as of today, it's been 5 years since I posted this tutorial, and I gotta say, I am really impressed with how this thread has turned out. Prior to this, in terms of save editing, while we could at least get tracks, contrary to what some may say, we had no real solution for getting the DLC cars, and the closest thing we had to that was by getting a donor car and swapping all of its parts. Of course, like I said in the OP, this method does not actually provide the real DLC cars; rather, they were just said donor cars masquerading as the DLC, and said method had a litany of problems associated with it. As for paints, gear, and the other DLC stuff, I don't even know if there was a way to obtain them via save editing prior to this. The only way I knew you could get most of the real DLC was with a jailbroken PS3 and the necessary files to activate them, but this obviously was not an option for many, a feeling I once knew myself. And don't even get me started with the region-exclusive DLC.
When I learned
Razerman had found a way to turn on all the games' DLC,
including some I never knew existed, just by save editing, I was truly astonished by this and how easy it was, and I knew others would be too. So I just had to share the news and, with the creator's permission, make a tutorial for this since I knew it would make a lot of people happy knowing they can get the DLC again if they missed out on it or lost it at some point in time. And 5 whole years later, I can safely say this has been the case!
I didn't think this thread would get as many views or feedback as it has, but I am very thankful to see how this thread has helped so many get the games DLC, especially since it's been delisted for years now. I also want to thank those who submitted their save games and error reports here because not only have I learned some things along the way, but it has also helped improve the editor, too!
And lastly, I give my thanks to the creator of this save editor for making this possible!
