A new exploit has appeared in Grand Theft Auto V for PC which allows cheaters to crash and kick you from Single player sessions.
The exploit means the cheater doesn’t need to be in a session and you can be in a Single Player story mission or Free roaming whilst the exploit is used against you. The exploit also works in any Grand Theft Auto Online lobby.
The exploit was revealed by TezFunz2 on Twitter and also added that using a Firewall to block any connections will help to avoid this exploit.
Tez also added in a follow up tweet that Rockstar Games is aware of the game breaking issue and is working on resolving it as soon as possible. Due to it being the holiday season the developers are currently on vacation and will only be called in for emergencies, so this exploit may take a few days to be fixed.
Workaround for exploit
A workaround for the exploit has been posted on Twitter by @Speyedr_AU. A ‘firewall’ which you can download for Grand Theft Auto V & GTA Online which will prevent anyone from gaining access to your session and crashing you.
Speyder has also stated that you can briefly turn off the firewall to allow friends to join you and then use the firewall to relock the session.
Hopefully this issue is resolved soon, but with Rockstar’s track record with how they treat players on PC, i wouldn’t hold your breath.
You can download the firewall here, then select Locked Session. Its as simple as that.
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The way Rockstar treats players PERIOD (not just PC) is a joke anymore. GTAO has degraded into virtual unplayability on PS4 with the amount of glitches and bugs that there are, most of which have been there from the start (god mode anyone?) And it took them what… nearly 6 years to even REMOTELY patch that? They’ve turned it into a freakin cash cow that people feed with the GTA+ SUBS and Shark cards and for what? Stop feeding the greed. Rockstar has proven what they’re about and have pissed a LOT of people off to the point I know many, myself included, that are no longer buying ANY product they come out with.
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New? That’s always been there. I love GTA Online, but, its a “It’s a, If you can’t beat them, join them” forum. You literally need to become a modder to stop yourself from getting griefed and run the risk of getting a ban. It’s not a game that rewards honest efforts. And if you remotely care about the game you are rewarded with someone bombing you for 10 minutes straight and stopping you from exiting the lobby or dropping you at the edge of the map continuously or caging you till you leave.