{
  "id": 2184690,
  "title": "Today in GTA 5 mods: Turning Franklin into a walking car-cannon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/today-in-gta-5-mods-turning-franklin-into-a-walking-car-cannon",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-20T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/today-in-gta-5-mods-turning-franklin-into-a-walking-car-cannon/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Today's GTA 5 mod transforms the game into an artillery unit, converting any firearm wielded into a vehicle cannon. This mod, installed to potentially turn GTA 5 into a PC version of GTA 6 or break it entirely, allows guns to emit vehicles at high speed, causing significant destruction and potentially crashing the player's PC. When coupled with a mysterious mod menu, players gain god-like abilities, floating from location to location in Los Santos. The mod makes the player feel like a single-person artillery unit, wreaking havoc on foes from great distances. While the mod's justification for making GTA 5 more like GTA 6 remains unclear, the sheer fun of launching a freeway's worth of cars into the streets of Los Santos is unparalleled. The mod evokes nostalgia for the days when Rockstar leaned deeper into the potential for chaos its open worlds embodied, even if its current protagonists are more egos and emotions.",
  "summary": "This is why we need public transport investment.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}