The Ebbtide
CAGiversary!
The big issue I've been reading about is that hackers have cracked the money settings, and have the ability to essentially have infinite money, allowing them to have great cars, weapons and support to call in. I've also read a few people saying there are invincible players in the game. The only good news about people cheating is that you can make private lobbies for yourself and friends to avoid these people.Can you elaborate on the ruined by hackers comment? I haven't played this yet but was going to pick it up later around $30.
The money issue, sadly, is a much bigger issue because Rockstar was somewhat using the money DLC to make up for free content for all players to keep the game and content available to all (similar to how Mass Effect 3 made the multilayer map packs for the game free, but the weapons and extra content cost money for the online). With the money feature cracked, no one knows what will happen with Rockstar's future DLC content, as this ruins their profit potential.
The hackers have the ability to give you money, through deposits or even absurdly high bounties. It's nice, I guess, since you can buy what you want, but it does ruin the aim of the game.
There are CAG players though, so if you get the game you should be able to find people from here to play with. I traded in the game a few weeks back, but am definitely considering picking it up in the future, especially if there is a complete edition with extra content in the future.