Notice of Account Ban measures

[arora]

GTPlanet Forums Statistics
Members: 238,439

GT5 sales figures:
9,190,000

When I look at numbers like those I have to wonder; out of 9,1990,000 people how many are online in a day, or are ever online, out of the 238,439 same question.

Mind you I think the number would be meaningless anyway as PD will do what they think is best, it's their servers after all.

This business about 'everyone I know has them' etc, I don't think people are lying and I also think most of these people are talking about active friends on their psn list. So on any given day there might be 50% of the people online owning them, using them? no. Using them on a seasonal tt/dt? way no. Probably in this order: trading them, dragging them, drifting them, racing them.

 

[arora]

The mystery could be the deterrent

Life does go that way, lets say that smoking pot is a felony where you live, there is a huge outdoor rock n roll concert. Plenty of people will smoke, few will get arrested but the risk is still high if the penalty is high.

Maybe I'm high

 

[Samus]

Well one thing to bear in mind is 5.5 million of those copies were bought in the first two weeks. https://www.gtplanet.net/5-5-million-copies-of-gt5-sold-series-tops-60-million/

How many of those were still playing after even six months?

 

[Samus]

I dunno, I just wish PD would actually communicate properly with the players more often. Set up a blog (Or rather use the one they already have), allow comments, get one English speaking/writing employee to manage it, one hour a week. I don't think it's too much to ask.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Still have my cars but I didn't hack the game or got banned.

 

[arora]

I agree with that 100% 👍

Just not on the lines of "how can we brake the rules without pissing you off" lol

 

[Chrunch Houston]

Guys don't even bother with chrunch. He's just trying to get a reaction. Comparing a hacked car to the spawn of satan. Yep. Trolling.

Sorry, didn't mean to bring religion into the conversation.

The fact remains, the cars needed to go.

I've always wondered, are you spelling 'crunch' wrong on purpose?

My name starts with "chr"

 

[skyline1683]

It great P/D are doing something about this


All these people hacking cars and claiming they are realistic mods at the end of the day your hacking and changing the codes of the game IT'S CHEATING plain and simple it breaks the terms of service agreement completely so you all get what's coming if you get banned you have no one to blame but yourself

Now back to some clean honest racing

 

[Hei]

I always do honest racing. I will keep on with my hybrids till I'm banned. If I'm banned at all.

 

[thelvynau]

I always do honest racing. I will keep on with my hybrids till I'm banned. If I'm banned at all.

Im only new to hybrids I only run them offline the ones I have are moved to my alt account and used offline.

Right or wrong Im still going to do it offline I hadnt played this gamr in almost a year this has pried me away from forza for a while.

 

[Hei]

To each their own. Everyone has their preferences. That's why I hate all this anti hybrid, glad you get banned talked. Pretty immature if you ask me.

 

[thelvynau]

Agreed.

 

[shepzki]

I dunno, I just wish PD would actually communicate properly with the players more often. Set up a blog (Or rather use the one they already have), allow comments, get one English speaking/writing employee to manage it, one hour a week. I don't think it's too much to ask.

Agree with that also, I think they are very closed off to Joe Bloggs and I don't think it does them any favors. Even if it's only an official Twitter account, in this day & age of Social Media it's easier than for companies to communicate with fans, no excuses really. I can't imagine it would be very costly to setup as you say, a blog or something and hiring a couple of fluent English speaking guys to take care of it.

 

[Wardez]

Really interested in seeing an actual person come up and say they were banned. Kind of skeptical about the supposed banning they're claiming they're going to do.

 

[thelvynau]

Really interested in seeing an actual person come up and say they were banned. Kind of skeptical about the supposed banning they're claiming they're going to do.

Im skeptical as well I still think it will happen if you enter them in TT or seasonal.

 

[Com Fox]

I never even heard of these Hacked Cars.

It's funny I've been playing WWE 13 then when I come back a talk about hack cars happens .

 

[Haitauer]

New thing for me also.. hybrid. Been playing alot since day one - had a break of few week and this happens. I think pd will give few days for the announcement to spread so everyone should be informed of the possible punishment before they start banning accounts. I would really think twice if you REALLY want to loose your account / save before continuing to use hacks.

And for everyone saying its not cheating - its not in the game for everyone to have without manipulation so yes it is cheating. As far as offline use of these "hybrids" go it doesnt concern me - but as soon as one enters online with them I hope they BURN. If you want to use cheats online just go and make your own servers - oh you cant, sorry..

Dont get me wrong - I would love pd giving us more tuning options to spice up the game. That just doesnt justify tampering with the game. Too much tampering going on might also make PD give up supporting the game further..

 

[Com Fox]

Cam someone tell me the whole back story of the Hacking cars. I don't know what's going on.

 

[Samus]

Cam someone tell me the whole back story of the Hacking cars. I don't know what's going on.

Someone created a tool to hack save files, people used that to change parameters of their cars via the codes in that save file. That's about it.

 

[Lock2Lock]

New thing for me also.. hybrid. Been playing alot since day one - had a break of few week and this happens. I think pd will give few days for the announcement to spread so everyone should be informed of the possible punishment before they start banning accounts. I would really think twice if you REALLY want to loose your account / save before continuing to use hacks.

And for everyone saying its not cheating - its not in the game for everyone to have without manipulation so yes it is cheating. As far as offline use of these "hybrids" go it doesnt concern me - but as soon as one enters online with them I hope they BURN. If you want to use cheats online just go and make your own servers - oh you cant, sorry..

Dont get me wrong - I would love pd giving us more tuning options to spice up the game. That just doesnt justify tampering with the game. Too much tampering going on might also make PD give up supporting the game further..

So let me get this straight.
You have no knowledge on hybrids.
You do not have any knowledge on what exactly it entails.
You have probably only seen people's hybrids and what they are doing that this warning from PD is aimed at.
You probably have yet to see or have no knowledge of the whole story and the widest range of reasons to hybrid or some of us use hybrids for.
You call it cheating.

Hummmm. I fail to see your logic.
Me and many others have posted numerous times and on many different threads about the hybrids and what we use them for. A lot of people like in my case use them for fun and to make realistic real life replicas of real life cars for many different purposes.

I love it how when someone that has no knowledge of the whole picture/basically has no idea what they are talking about when it comes to hybrids. You come into one of these threads and automatically assumes "cheating".
Maybe some people should ask a question if they have no idea what they are talking about. How about come in and ask "hybriding? What's this? What are they used for if not to go into the seasonals and cheat?".

Maybe that is so hard to do I honestly don't know. I just wish some people would actually come into one of these threads without assuming everyone that makes/owns one is cheating.

 

[D-Max]

The ban aims at those using the name change and region change function within the secret menu and with other options you can choose, from what I gather. Hybrids can't be use in TT's and seasonal a aren't actually online racing as such like the TT's so they won't bother too much. The hybrids isn't a huge deal to PD since it majorly boosted the online numbers. But when stuff that is more sly and changes parameters in the game as a whole not just the cars, that will annoy them.

 

[Samus]

The ban aims at those using the name change and region change function within the secret menu and with other options you can choose, from what I gather.

You've gathered that how, exactly?

 

[Giulietta73]

So let me get this straight.
You have no knowledge on hybrids.
You do not have any knowledge on what exactly it entails.
You have probably only seen people's hybrids and what they are doing that this warning from PD is aimed at.
You probably have yet to see or have no knowledge of the whole story and the widest range of reasons to hybrid or some of us use hybrids for.
You call it cheating.

Hummmm. I fail to see your logic.
Me and many others have posted numerous times and on many different threads about the hybrids and what we use them for. A lot of people like in my case use them for fun and to make realistic real life replicas of real life cars for many different purposes.

I love it how when someone that has no knowledge of the whole picture/basically has no idea what they are talking about when it comes to hybrids. You come into one of these threads and automatically assumes "cheating".
Maybe some people should ask a question if they have no idea what they are talking about. How about come in and ask "hybriding? What's this? What are they used for if not to go into the seasonals and cheat?".

Maybe that is so hard to do I honestly don't know. I just wish some people would actually come into one of these threads without assuming everyone that makes/owns one is cheating.

Whether you know anything about hybrids/hybridding or not is irrelevant - hybrids are just not meant to be part of this game.

You cannot say an indepth knowledge of hybridding (and the use thereof) gives a person any ground that is higher than someone who has scant knowledge of hybridding. To know whether something is meant to be in the game or not is fairly key.

"Cheating" is too harsh a word also - but it does apply to TT & DT events where a hybrid has been used.

As for off-line - well, if you really need a 50,000bhp Fiat 500 to win the Clubman Cup, then that speaks for itself

Also customizing vehicles - engine swaps & drivetrains etc is great:tup: - and very attractive to me, but it still doesn't change the fact that it's not in the game.

 

[Fazerfan]

Just dont use them online, change your name/region or do seasonals.

 

[Third Reign]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheating

1: to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud
2: to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice
3: to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting <cheat death>

#2 sure seems applicable to all this car modifying. So I would call it cheating.

I myself could care less what people do to their saved data for private use. What I do dislike is the possibility that these modifications leak into honest online competitions. Even worse is the suspicion that follows with it. It ruins the fun of those that want to compete honestly by placing them into doubt of having lost due to lack of speed, or because someone decided to manipulate the game files.

What everyone forgets is the greater consequence of all this modifying that PD could face. Some companies place great constraints on their licenses, for example Ferrari only allowing F1 cars to be race-able against F1 cars. Now I don't know the license requirements of each license PD has acquired, but actions like this may cause license distributors to deny PD future licenses because their property is being misused.

I don't understand why so many believe GT5 is dull without modding. There are so many possibilities available in GT5, there is no way even I in all my years of playing have had the chance to race all the cars in different environments. People demand DLCs, changes to game physics, and many other things. Why is it that this younger gamer generation is so spoiled on their game content...has everyone forgotten how to make the best out of what is delivered?

 

[eran0004]

The ban aims at those using the name change and region change function within the secret menu and with other options you can choose, from what I gather. Hybrids can't be use in TT's and seasonal a aren't actually online racing as such like the TT's so they won't bother too much. The hybrids isn't a huge deal to PD since it majorly boosted the online numbers. But when stuff that is more sly and changes parameters in the game as a whole not just the cars, that will annoy them.

You've gathered that how, exactly?

Yes, I would like to know that too.

And for your information, the notice talks about "online service", which is anything from seasonal events (A-spec, B-spec, DT, TT, OT), to open lobbies and private lounges.

 

[Haitauer]

So let me get this straight.
You have no knowledge on hybrids.
You do not have any knowledge on what exactly it entails.
You have probably only seen people's hybrids and what they are doing that this warning from PD is aimed at.
You probably have yet to see or have no knowledge of the whole story and the widest range of reasons to hybrid or some of us use hybrids for.
You call it cheating.

Hummmm. I fail to see your logic.
Me and many others have posted numerous times and on many different threads about the hybrids and what we use them for. A lot of people like in my case use them for fun and to make realistic real life replicas of real life cars for many different purposes.

I love it how when someone that has no knowledge of the whole picture/basically has no idea what they are talking about when it comes to hybrids. You come into one of these threads and automatically assumes "cheating".
Maybe some people should ask a question if they have no idea what they are talking about. How about come in and ask "hybriding? What's this? What are they used for if not to go into the seasonals and cheat?".

Maybe that is so hard to do I honestly don't know. I just wish some people would actually come into one of these threads without assuming everyone that makes/owns one is cheating.

funny how eager people are to make excuses. Like i said offline is ok. Use it any way you like its still cheat/hack - PD didnt make it like that. I understand your point - I would also like to mix and match the cars in GT, but that should be kept strictly offline until PD supports the editor. I think they could actually do just that and make "hybrids allowed" -tab to room settings. 💡 if the hybrids have valid comparable PPs that is.

 

[thelvynau]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheating

1: to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud
2: to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice
3: to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting <cheat death>

#2 sure seems applicable to all this car modifying. So I would call it cheating.

I myself could care less what people do to their saved data for private use. What I do dislike is the possibility that these modifications leak into honest online competitions. Even worse is the suspicion that follows with it. It ruins the fun of those that want to compete honestly by placing them into doubt of having lost due to lack of speed, or because someone decided to manipulate the game files.

What everyone forgets is the greater consequence of all this modifying that PD could face. Some companies place great constraints on their licenses, for example Ferrari only allowing F1 cars to be race-able against F1 cars. Now I don't know the license requirements of each license PD has acquired, but actions like this may cause license distributors to deny PD future licenses because their property is being misused.

I don't understand why so man believe GT5 is dull without modding. There are so many possibilities available in GT5, there is no way even I in all my years of playing have had the chance to race all the cars in different environments. People demand DLCs, changes to game physics, and many other things. Why is it that this younger gamer generation is so spoiled on their game content...has everyone forgotten how to make the best out of what is delivered?

You have proven this definition fits how exactly?

Your making it sound like all people use hybrids to gain advantage I can assure you this isnt the case.

The Hybrids I used were:

A. Offline
B. Used in practice
And C: not used to gain an advantage over anything.

So how does that definition fit in with that?

Granted people who use them to get ahead are cheating but you cant label all people this way.

 

[eran0004]

Granted people who use them to get ahead are cheating but you cant lable all people this way.

It's not the people who are labeled, it's the phenomenon.
Perhaps the proper wording should be: "Hybrid cars allow for cheating".

 

[thelvynau]

It's not the people who are labeled, it's the phenomenon.
Perhaps the proper wording should be: "Hybrid cars allow for cheating".

That is very true granted.

Guns allow for people to kill but not everyone does it.

Edit: actually thats a poor example but im sure you get my drift.