GT 5

PerrinV2 · 14-12-2010 11:49AM

Ah kool,I've not played gt since the orginal on the ps1.
Ah passing my test for the A international license and my dodge viper(how I miss thee)

That_Guy · 14-12-2010 02:32PM

I've actually not played this in about 2 weeks. Had so much stuff to do but looking forward to getting back into it. Have one more test to get my A licence.

Mister men · 15-12-2010 12:15AM

:mad: Can't believe what just happened to me this evening. Have the game around three weeks now and had a rake of cars,licences and A Spec events completed. Then tonight i completed the polopony cup on pro level as the champion and when i exit the game it just freezes on the "saving data" screen. I left it for around 10 minutes and no joy. So i turned the Playstation off mad as hell that i'll have to compete in the whole event again when it reboots and i could'nt believe my eyes when all the data had been lost and the game has to be started from scratch again.:mad::mad: Say's on the saved memory facility "corrupted file".
So i do a search google and lord and behold it's a common problem with the game. You'd think in this day and age Sony would be able to work with polyphony to create a game that would'nt crash like this. I'm disgusted.

jd007 · 15-12-2010 12:40AM

Mister men wrote: »

:mad: Can't believe what just happened to me this evening. Have the game around three weeks now and had a rake of cars,licences and A Spec events completed. Then tonight i completed the polopony cup on pro level as the champion and when i exit the game it just freezes on the "saving data" screen. I left it for around 10 minutes and no joy. So i turned the Playstation off mad as hell that i'll have to compete in the whole event again when it reboots and i could'nt believe my eyes when all the data had been lost and the game has to be started from scratch again.:mad::mad: Say's on the saved memory facility "corrupted file".
So i do a search google and lord and behold it's a common problem with the game. You'd think in this day and age Sony would be able to work with polyphony to create a game that would'nt crash like this. I'm disgusted.

Jesus, thats fcukin awful. Think I'll have to back up my save data now just to be sure.

Lucious Sweet · 15-12-2010 12:43AM

jd007 wrote: »

Jesus, thats fcukin awful. Think I'll have to back up my save data now just to be sure.

You can't. That's another problem with the game.

Mister men · 15-12-2010 09:04AM

jd007 wrote: »

Jesus, thats fcukin awful. Think I'll have to back up my save data now just to be sure.

As above it can't be done according to GT5 forums. Totally unbelieveable situation.:mad:

Minstrel27 · 15-12-2010 11:47AM

I hate it when they dont allow you to backup your saves. Capcom are bastards for this too.

mise · 15-12-2010 12:09PM

I definitely wouldn't say no to some more premium cars!

http://kotaku.com/5713668/gran-turismo-5-trading-in-crummy-cars-for-premium-models

rickyjb · 15-12-2010 12:33PM

Why can't you back up your save files, can you not just copy them to a memory stick or whatever??

AnCapaillMor · 15-12-2010 12:37PM

they'e locked\copyrighted, there's a few games that do this, ninja gaiden, deomons souls. won't even work if you do a full ps3 backup and restore.

rickyjb · 15-12-2010 02:28PM

Sneaky f**kers... What's the logic behind that??

jimmyendless · 15-12-2010 03:56PM

rickyjb wrote: »

Sneaky f**kers... What's the logic behind that??

Ya, it makes no sense. I was going to my brothers for the weekend so was going o bring GT5 and save the file on memory stick and then i found out it was copyrighted, what a f**king joke. And annoyingly I bought GT5 prologue while waiting for GT5 and that let me copy saves no problem.

johnmcdnl · 15-12-2010 04:50PM

I was thinking of putting a new hard drive into my PS3 this christmas to replace my 40GB with a 250GB one - does not being able to back up saves mean I'm gonna have to restart the game from scratch :eek::mad::mad::(:(:(

tonydude · 15-12-2010 04:51PM

theres going to be a patch released very soon to enable save data back up so dont worry

Kev_ps3 · 15-12-2010 05:13PM

Just a lap I did around Grand Valley Speedway, nothing amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFRA95Fyp7k

Lucious Sweet · 15-12-2010 05:54PM

johnmcdnl wrote: »

I was thinking of putting a new hard drive into my PS3 this christmas to replace my 40GB with a 250GB one - does not being able to back up saves mean I'm gonna have to restart the game from scratch :eek::mad::mad::(:(:(

I think you can transfer over all of your data onto a new HDD but it wipes the old one. A quick google should explain.

jd007 · 15-12-2010 06:00PM

tonydude wrote: »

theres going to be a patch released very soon to enable save data back up so dont worry

Any chance of a link for that?

tonydude · 15-12-2010 06:11PM

jd007 wrote: »

Any chance of a link for that?

Here you go:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gran-Turismo-5-To-Get-New-Patch-In-Order-to-Back-Up-Save-Data-170366.shtml

eddhorse · 15-12-2010 11:21PM

http://kotaku.com/5713599/a-souped-up-ps3-can-cut-your-gran-turismo-5-load-times-in-half

Improve your Gran Turismo 5 loading times—if not your lap times—by ripping out that stock hard drive in your PlayStation 3 and swapping in a solid state drive. You could cut your wait to race in half.

Gran Turismo 5 owners looking to optimize the PlayStation 3 game by using SSD storage instead of the standard 2.5" hard drives are finding that tracks that normally take 50 seconds or more to load take about half that with a new drive. The hefty initial install of GT5, which can run upwards of 40 minutes, can be done in about 25 minutes when using solid state storage.

Worth the extra cash? It all depends on your patience versus your personal wealth, but if you're dropping the money on a dedicated Gran Turismo 5 steering wheel, what's another couple hundred on a new drive?

Eurogamer has some of the numbers, collected from the Beyond3D and GTPlanet forums, which you can see at the Digital Foundry site.

Anyone out there in Kotaku-land already enjoying the read-write speeds of an SSD on their PS3? If so, how are you liking it?

SSD halves GT5 loading times [Eurogamer]

tonydude · 16-12-2010 12:29AM

Is the Ferrari FXX in this game? hope so

David086 · 16-12-2010 12:33AM

How is it for the Xbox? It looks pretty good. Is it getting the same amount of problems it has on the PS3? I'm also getting this for Christmas, so what car do you recommend me to buy first?

The Shtig · 16-12-2010 12:40AM

tonydude wrote: »

Is the Ferrari FXX in this game? hope so

Unfortunately it's not

David086 wrote: »

How is it for the Xbox? It looks pretty good. Is it getting the same amount of problems it has on the PS3?

It's not availible on the Xbox it's a exclusive to Playstation.

ShaneU · 16-12-2010 12:43AM

Free Christmas DLC

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-15-gt5-gets-free-christmas-dlc

The Shtig · 16-12-2010 12:46AM

Been two weeks since I played it, should be able to play it over the holidays.

The Dodge Viper SRT is an amazing car with good power and handling for 100k, thought it would be a stereotypical muscle car that would have terrible handling. Modified it to the max but might reduce the power since there's too much.

Anyone get the hang of drifting? tried it a few times but I'm terrible!

Fizman · 16-12-2010 12:48AM

ShaneU wrote: »

Free Christmas DLC

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-15-gt5-gets-free-christmas-dlc

The 3 free cars I wouldn't be too excited about.........but this bit is promising.

The oft-delayed but ultimately rather brilliant Gran Turismo 5 finally left the garage last month. Earlier today, the game's creator Kazunori Yamauchi revealed he was planning to add more premium cars to the current roster.

johnmcdnl · 16-12-2010 03:08AM

moz wrote: »

I think you can transfer over all of your data onto a new HDD but it wipes the old one. A quick google should explain.

wouldn't I have to back up my save though...

Minstrel27 · 16-12-2010 03:44PM

ShaneU wrote: »

Free Christmas DLC

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-15-gt5-gets-free-christmas-dlc

If you are in Japan.

Lucifer-0 · 16-12-2010 04:19PM

Lucifer-0 wrote: »

Hi.

Does anyone know what the benefit is of having more than 1 driver for this?

I just levelled and I can now have 3 drivers, what is this for?

Thanks.

Anybody???

tonydude · 16-12-2010 05:49PM

its for the b-spec endurance races, the driver will get tired so will need to be changed during a pit stop.

Anyone got a Toyota Toyota 7 Race Car ‘70 for a trade with a 2J Race Car '70

sticksman · 16-12-2010 06:04PM

Some feeling winning a race on the line by 4 hundredths of a second

The R8 is the best car I've had so far in it for being fun to drive and powersliding.

Anybody else find the positioning of the track map on the rally special events annoying? It seems to block the view of the track immediately in front of the car.

GT 5

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