GTA Online: Surprise update finally fixes major issues

Excessive use of cheats and exploits has made GTA Online a bad experience for many, despite multiple attempts to crack down on the bugs.

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By Rohit Kohli | Mar 1, 2023 | 2 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Excessive use of cheats and exploits has made GTA Online a bad experience for many, despite multiple attempts to crack down on the bugs. With the latest surprise, however, the developers have addressed major security concerns and other bugs.

Since last year, hackers have found a way to kick players from games or even corrupt data and impact the function of PCs. Rockstar Games brought significant changes to its anti-cheat system to protect players.

This update made invite-only lobbies more secure, but it wasn’t enough to completely seal off hackers. A day after the update went live, community members still slammed the developers for hacks hampering the gameplay experience. The latest update for the game takes more security measures against players who are cheating in the game and also addresses several bugs.

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Major bugs fixed with the new update

Rockstar Games rolled out a surprise update for players on February 28, handling several community-requested issues. The developers also “implemented a new data protocol” that will help them improve the overall security of network sessions and fix crashing on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Players are no longer required to worry about a bug that resulted in being told they must complete the prologue to access the game.

GTA Online February 28 patch notes

According to Tez2, the GTA V patch will be roughly around 1GB or 400 MB. Here are the full patch notes.

[February 28, 2023] – PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / PC

  • Fixed an issue that prevented players from being able to modify the TM-02 Khanjali, RCV, and Chernobog in their facility

[February 28, 2023] – PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox OneSecurity

  • Implemented a new data protocol in GTA Online to improve the security of network sessions and player-to-player messaging

Game Stability and Performance

  • General stability improvements

[February 28, 2023] – PS5 / Xbox Series X|S

Game Stability and Performance

  • Fixed an issue that resulted in car windows missing reflections in some graphics modes
  • Fixed multiple crashes that occurred in GTA Online

[February 28, 2023] – PCGame Stability and Performance

  • Fixed an issue that resulted in players being incorrectly notified that they need to complete the Prologue to access GTA Online
  • Fixed an issue that prevented some accounts from accessing GTA Online due to stats having been modified by a third party
  • Fixed multiple issues that resulted in some users being able to abuse text chat systems on PC

[February 1, 2023] – PC

Security

  • Implemented a new data protocol in GTA Online to improve the security of network sessions and player-to-player messaging
  • Fixed an issue that could result in a player’s GTA Online experience being modified by a third party, including:
    • altering GTA$ balance, RP level, Bad Sport status, and other player stats
    • manipulation of players being kicked or crashed

Game Stability and Performance

  • General stability improvements

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