Players can feel hunted down no matter where they are in game. If someone is dedicated enough to ruining your day, they’re able to follow you into invite-only sessions and even bring up information about you in the real world. These third-party mods allow hackers to access the IP address of other players on the server, which can reveal a person’s city and general location. But GTA Online players themselves have also become equally as dangerous, thanks to exploits and mods. Rockstar Games’ online sandbox for Grand Theft Auto 5 has evolved wildly over the years, adding flying cars and orbital strikes. But he could have just as easily been a hostile hacker in Grand Theft Auto Online. This should be, by all rights, impossible.
It’s his exact double, identical in every way. A man steps out of his car on the streets of Los Santos, and stares at the figure opposite him.