Originally posted by Misslehead
Anyone know if the "borrow glitch" still works after the update? Also, who named it a glitch, its just resigning the car via hex.
Originally the borrow/share glitch was named after a guy who discovered and posted his discoveries online on gtplanet.net. The author in question is theotherspongey. There was attempts to nickname the trick after the author as "sponging" or "sponge trick". Why it was called a glitch, well you can read all about it
You must login or register to view this content. as that was how the whole borrow/share trick came about.
It was then most likely because of razerman found that one could use the pfdtool and/or aldo's tools (bruteforce save data) that one could decrypt their own GT5 save game for instance even though the guides found online were only noted for other games apart from GT5. I guess razerman had to painstakingly compare the save of both the pre-borrow glitch (when the car was still borrowed) and using that "sponge trick" to see the effect when the car was borrowed via hex. He then probably told slim355 and/or slim355 asked razerman on which offsets to look for so that he (slim355) could write a program that would do exactly just that without one having to "sponge" using the old method.
In short theotherspongey was credited for discovering this glitch and for posting it but it was the likes of razerman, flat_z, aldo and slim355 for making life a hell lot easier and without much drawbacks as the original glitch technique was not only time consuming but also it has its own limitations and drawbacks. The permanent borrow glitch app forgoes any of those limitations/drawbacks as well as the amount of time spent for a lesser drawback that it requires both a PC as well as USB thumbdrive/flash drive.