Grand Theft Auto V Legacy News

Here's how and why GTA Online hacks are still ruining Red Dead 2

You've probably seen the videos. Since Red Dead Redemption 2 launched on PC late last year, hackers have been griefing Red Dead Online players. Some have had their characters burnt alive, while others have been framed for murders they didn't commit. Reddit is also stuffed with oddities such as one player being turned into a moving ball of animal carcasses - think Katamari Damacy meets Dark Souls. More recent exploits have revolved around money.

Last month a forum post went up warning players that modders can now drain their in-game cash. Several players I spoke to explain that the reported exploit works by increasing the frequency of your camp upkeep fee from every hour to every second. As you can see in the video below from Zerdical, the fee on the mid-right keeps ticking up.

Red Dead Online has two forms of currency, though - cash, which is earned in-game, and gold bars that can be bought for real money. I ask Zerdical if the exploit could be used to drain gold as well as your in-game money. "Only cash that you have earned," they explain. "What these modders have done is loop your in-game daily fees, which only takes away cash. I can't say for certain, but from my knowledge of Red Dead Online gold cannot be drained."

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Lock Up Bounty Targets to Boost Bottom Dollar’s Bottom Line

Dispense some justice this week with GTA Online’s new Bottom Dollar Bail Enforcement business. Successfully apprehending three Most Wanted Targets will land you a GTA$100,000 bonus, while bringing in five Standard Bounty Targets secures you another GTA$100,000 bonus (both awarded within 72 hours of completion).

Fulfilling eight total Bounties will satisfy the Weekly Challenge and get you another GTA$100,000, delivered immediately upon completion.

Meanwhile sending your Bail Enforcement Office’s staff out to track down bail jumpers will result in 2X GTA$ this week. Hire enforcers to your employ by purchasing Agent Upgrades from Maze Bank Foreclosures and visit their desks to send them on their way.

2X GTA$ AND RP ON OVERTIME RUMBLE

Gliding through the sky toward a distant target is only half the battle in Overtime Rumble — barreling into the other team is the only path to victory. Take part in this particular form of vehicular mayhem and get Double Rewards through August 14.

See full details at the Rockstar Newswire

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New Benefactor Vorschlaghammer Slides into the Los Santos Drift Racing Scene

Do you aspire to weave between obstacles and leave your opponents in a cloud of rubber-scented smoke? Upgrade the new Benefactor Vorschlaghammer (Sedan) with Drift Tuning at the LS Car Meet. With its German engineering, optimized handling, and all-wheel drive, it’s a chariot tailor-made for Drift Gods.

Head to Southern San Andreas Super Autos’ in-game website to pick up a Vorschlaghammer or check it out on display at the Luxury Autos showroom.

2X GTA$ AND RP ON DRIFT RACES

Stay in control of your vehicle as you slide around corners while smoking the competition in Drift Races for 2X GTA$ and RP.

Players with an LS Car Meet Membership can get started by speaking with the Race Organizer in the LS Car Meet, or through Quick Join on your iFruit. Fulfil the Weekly Challenge by participating in six Drift Races for a reward of GTA$100,000 and the Rockstar Helmet. You can see all current Daily and Weekly Challenges in the Player Interaction Menu.

3X GTA$ ON TAXI WORK AND BONUSES ON ISSI CLASSIC RACES

Earn extra money by transporting the citizens of LS on behalf of the Downtown Cab Co. in Taxi Work to earn 3X GTA$. Visit the Downtown Cab Co. depot on the corner of Tangerine Street and Mirror Park Boulevard in East Vinewood to get started.

Push the pint-sized British-made icon past the finish line in Issi Classic Races for 2X GTA$ and RP. To take part, open the Online tab in the Pause Menu, select Stunt Races, and select any of the available Issi Classic Races.

See full event details at the Rockstar Newswire

Former GTA developer Lazlow Jones thinks real-life believers in its parody of Scientology not only might exist, but once called him to say Kifflom

You remember the Epsilon Program? It's basically the GTA series' parody of Scientology and other religions with rather out there beliefs which, at least to the cynic like you or I, can often sound a bit like cults or pyramid schemes. Well, during GTA 5's development, ex-Rockstar developer and everyone's favourite in-game radio host Lazlow Jones reckons he recieved a real life phone call from some folks who actually believe in the ways of Kifflom.

This comes from an interview with IGN which largely saw Jones discuss what he's currently doing with Absurd Ventures, the studio he co-founded with Dan Houser after leaving the studio that's now starting to near the end of the road to bringing us GTA 6.

Back when he was still at Rockstar and working on GTA 5, Jones says he recieved a phone call from a woman claiming to represent a group of real-life Epsilon Program followers, who told him they were "dying to know more" about the clearly not real religion first developed for GTA San Andreas.