Thu, Nov 25, 2010 | 07:38 GMT
GT5 single-play scuppered by “extreme online traffic congestion”
GT5′s single-player component is being lagged up by “extreme online traffic congestion,” according to a Kotaku report.
While the the problem lasts, users are being warned that normal offline structural elements, such moving through menus can result in delays of “several minutes”.
Problems are hitting the game’s offline segment, ostensibly because it isn’t offline: problems are also prevalent “when starting the game and during the various screen displays in GT Mode”.
The fix? Disconnect your PS3 from the internet, according to Sony, who is trying to “temporarily alleviate” the problem by cutting off all user access to the viewing of logs, and in some cases changes to user profiles and changes to friends lists.
For the record, Sony turned on the GT5 servers on Tuesday. The game released yesterday after approximately six years of development.
We’re saying nothing.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Racing, Sony
Tags: gran turismo 5, gt5, Polyphony Digital
16 comments
#1
Rhythm
25/11/10, 7:44 am
This was affecting me last night – the load times between areas were taking up to a few minutes. Tried it again this morning and things must have calmed down as the loading is super-quick
#2
Mike
25/11/10, 7:57 am
I know I know nothing, but that sounds like the biggest load of fucking bollocks I’ve ever heard. A single player campaign being affected by the amount of people playing online.
Bungie must be fucking pissing themselves laughing.
“noobs” etc.
#3
SplatteredHouse
25/11/10, 7:57 am
Messy.
#4
themadjock
25/11/10, 8:18 am
@2 it was affecting the menus because it was trying to connect to the servers and was pausing until it timed out. It doesn’t actually lag the SP races themselves
#5
Mike
25/11/10, 8:31 am
Still, it’s a joke. Lightyears behind the competition.
#6
Blerk
25/11/10, 9:04 am
o_O
#7
Psychotext
25/11/10, 9:14 am
That’s just embarrassing.
#8
mathare92
25/11/10, 9:30 am
@Mike Exaggerate much?
#9
G1GAHURTZ
25/11/10, 10:24 am
Oh dear.
Now that’s bad.
#10
Crysis
25/11/10, 10:35 am
Can’t you just simply disconnect from the internet? Or no one understands how to disconnect an ethernet cable or go to the network settings & disable the internet anymore?
#11
The_Red
25/11/10, 10:45 am
Talk about weak or broken netcode.
#12
Mr Tom
25/11/10, 1:19 pm
Yet I bet the PS3 fanboys will still trot out the same line about how PS3 is superior due to free online.
#13
OlderGamer
25/11/10, 1:34 pm
I am with Mike on this one. This type of stuff shouldn’t have even happend last generation. Then again when xbox racers were online last generation GT wasn’t. So if the shoe fits.
Very amatureish.
#14
Michael O’Connor
25/11/10, 1:41 pm
It does sound like pretty weak design, but really, let’s not make a mountain out of a molehill. These things happen, and it will relax itself within a few days.
Go outside and get some fresh air until then – I hear it’s good for you.
#15
Kuwabara
25/11/10, 2:15 pm
dumb xbots
#16
undeadwolfy
25/11/10, 4:04 pm
@15, dumb Xbots indeed. Do people not know about this magical power called “PATCHES” which are mystically “DOWNLOADED” to the console to electromagnetically “UPDATE” the game and without any explanation somehow “FIX” these problems? Its like people think the games cant be fixed nowadays… -.-