Today in GTA 5 mods: Turning Franklin into a walking car-cannon
PC Gamer’s ongoing daily GTA 5 modding series has produced another creative modification, this time transforming Franklin—one of the game’s playable characters—into a walking car-cannon. The specific mechanic enables the character to fire vehicles as projectiles.
The mod exemplifies the creative freedom available through GTA 5’s modding community on PC. The PC Gamer writer documents daily modding experiments with the goal of either enhancing GTA 5 to resemble a PC version of the upcoming GTA 6 or deliberately breaking the game’s mechanics, continuing to explore the boundaries of what’s possible with the aging Rockstar title.
The writeup frames the modification within broader cultural commentary about automobiles, noting the peculiarity of cars as a societal concept. The author compares vehicles metaphorically to “enormous bullets piloted by random members of the public,” suggesting that if car-centric urban planning didn’t already exist, proposing it today would seem impractical and dangerous. This tongue-in-cheek observation connects the game’s vehicle mechanics to real-world infrastructure debates.
This entry demonstrates how GTA 5’s modding community continues to repurpose and reimagine game mechanics years after the title’s 2013 release. The daily modding project functions as both entertainment documentation and a testament to PC gaming longevity when modding tools and community creativity are available.