Okay but all of that is irrelevant to the point I'm arguing, which is that you need user-side kernel-mode anti-cheat or the cheaters are much more numerous and

Okay but all of that is irrelevant to the point I'm arguing, which is that you need user-side kernel-mode anti-cheat or the cheaters are much more numerous and pass some point where the game is not fun to play for most non-cheaters. And redesigning the game to be cheater-unfriendly by adding vehicles and stuff is just limiting the game experiences you can have, because someone doesn't like rootkits (luckily, most players don't care).