its official..gta lcs needs firmware 2.0

[plungmonies]

yup thats right it looks like we are gonna need to upgrade to 2.0 in order to play liberty city, and it looks as though no current loaders will work.
Luckily we can always downgrade from 2.0 once a solution has been discovered (it could have been worse, we may have needed 2.5 to play).

[*o*]

uumm we could use one of the 2 possible version changers...

[PSP_Newbie]

i thought we already knew this for a while...but then again its probably "official" now
and a quick run through the version changer program to trick your psp would easily fix this for those that still havent dont so

[GMaC]

If you own a psp V1.50 did you try DevHook V0.22 to bypass the update on the GTA LC UMD Game?

[plungmonies]

the version changer does not work for liberty city nor does devhook.
so far nobody has the game working on a 1.5 psp.
sorry when I wrote loaders I really meant the version changers as well but neither wab or sxt loaders work.
we will just have to be patient I guess.

[GMaC]

First off do you own the GTA LC UMD Game that you bought at the store?

This was posted at pspcrazy front page

10/24/05: How to Keep v1.50 firmware while playing GTA LCS!

1.First download SXT Version Changer 2.02

2.Then install it on your PSP using the included readme.

3.Then open the program in your psp, and select the v2.1 firmware.

4.Follow what it says and then load your gta game or any other higher firmware requiring game, and itll work fine without asking for the firmware upagrade

Hope i can save a few people from upgrading .

-PSPCrazy.com

[plungmonies]

yeah I just read that too, trying it now.
btw yes this is shop bought (although an import)

[PSmonkey]

have you tryed the swap disc method? Boot a 1.0 or 1.5 game then at the psp logo screen quickly swap for gta?

I've booted other 2.0 & 1.51 games with this method.

[Dogcow]

The Disc swap method is a no-go. It reports some crazy new error with lots of F's. I'm about to try the other method to see if it works.

Cheers,
-Dogcow "moof!"

[plungmonies]

I have tried the pspcrazy method and its all bull$#@!. discswap does not work, dumping the iso does not work, no known loader works, devhook does not work.
who knows why? speculation is rife but at the end of the day in order to play it you will need to update......simple................................ .......for now.