Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26829117-20170119164404/@comment-29003575-20170127183834

107.77.169.11 wrote: EA, for previous pc sim racing games used a file mismatch system to stop cheating. Worked great. Files didn't match servers files? You got booted automatically until they did. Not sure why they can't implement that into this game.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the hack being used doesn't require modified game files. Think they are modifying code in real time.