Forum:How to reach beyond lvl50 on the first playthrough?

I know the lvl cap for the 1st playthrough is 50.

But I'm doing my first one now and I surely won't be playing ME again.

It's very frustrating to do all those finicky side missions without receiving any exp any more :(

So is there any way to make the game believe the current savegame is my 2nd playthrough?

I already looked up cheats, set UnlockAchievements=1 and was able to alter the difficulty to Hardcore. But the level cap=50 is STILL there.