(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As you’ve probably heard by now, the PlayStation 3’s security has been completely cracked, allowing unfettered access to the console’s software, files, and games. Unsurprisingly, GT5 has been an active target for hackers taking advantage of the compromised system. Their first major accomplishment involves a way to easily duplicate game-saves between different PSN accounts (sorry, I won’t be providing any source links for information on how to do this).

That’s interesting, but the next step -- manipulating the game data itself -- could have far greater implications . Imagine, for example, the ability to manually set any attribute of any car in your garage (power, weight, etc.) to any value, or swap out engines, transmissions, and other parts. This actually isn’t a new concept to GT -- it’s called “hybriding”, and it’s been going on since the dawn of the series (see GTPlanet’s own “hybrids” forum, which dates back to the beginning of the site in 2001).

In the past, however, hybriding was a mostly a solitary activity -- nobody cared if you had a Daihatsu Midget II with 1500 horsepower. With the advent of online racing in GT5, however, this could enable dishonest players to compete with others using an unfair and hidden advantage.

Once again, hybriding in GT5 has not yet been accomplished, and may not even be possible. However, people are out there trying to do it and may be successful. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds and what, if anything, Sony will be able to do about it.

Source GTPlanet

I imagine that sony will try their best to stop an exclusive PS3 game such as GT5 get hacked to a point where it is unplayable online. They have quite a bit more to worry about than GT5 at this stage though...

I just hope the game won't get f*ck*d up as MW2..

HAHAHAHAHA !!!!!

This made me laugh so hard !

So really they're saying "Well they hacked the data, Lets hope they don't hack the game contents... oop's"

They just literally gave us a front door !

yeah that shit was ridiculous, the game was f*cked from the start though. lol

sweet. maybe now WE can fix the bouncy ball crashes instead of waiting on polyphony to do it

Its about time when people will start raping GT5 code as what they did with MW2.

Ha hah... you will probably see "GT5 moded lobby" some time soon.

Lmao, imagine a like Formula GT hybrid in like a Mini Cooper thatd be pretty funny

dont understand why someone would do this as it completely destroys the purpose of playing

I could care less if people cheated in single player.

Cheating online is just plain Douche Baggery.

I am glad I play Bad Company 2, and not MW2.... I have yet to see a hacker in that game (outside of the vietnam PBR glitch) MW2 is just lame! Hacking is why I gave up on PC FPS games. You already have access to the files on PC, making it WAY WAY WAY easier to hack.