[seanneedscar]

Since Ive patched to 2.08 there have been 3 instances where the game has frozen at the black screen with the shining GT logo

Was wondering if anyone else has this problem?

[Ridox2JZGTE]

I had worse issue today, PS3 shuts itself down every time I load Monza Weather change in practice offline. Apparently it was due to F1 2012 demo that also had issue of shutting my PS3 down every time the Gobogames logo disappear when the game start. I removed the offending F1 demo, then rebuild the database. No issues ever since, did many laps around many tracks, offline and online.

[coolson]

seanneedscar

Since Ive patched to 2.08 there have been 3 instances where the game has frozen at the black screen with the shining GT logo

Was wondering if anyone else has this problem?

Same here

[bs13]

Black screens have always been a problem in GT5. I remember last December it was so bad that we would get up to three a night. Sometimes the GT logo is there but most of the time it isn't. The black screens seems to be more prevalent in rooms with rolling 2x starts. When we run rolling starts we force everyone to stay in the pits until the race starts.

When we get a black screen we ask the last person to join to sign out of the playstation network and that sometimes free things up. If not usually someone lags out or leaves and that will free things up.

[crasherkid]

My game data isn't loading at all, wonder if it's related to this update.

[Ridox2JZGTE]

Still PS3 shutdown whenever tracks with weather change loaded in practice mode offline, so far it happened at Suzuka and Monza, both 3 times, on loading and replay. I played online for hours no problem. This 2.08 has new bugs.

[Si6K_WiT_IT]

seanneedscar

Since Ive patched to 2.08 there have been 3 instances where the game has frozen at the black screen with the shining GT logo

Was wondering if anyone else has this problem?

Never got a black screen until the new 2.08 update. I got 3 black screen yesterday and 4 today.

[alexlam24]

I had a problem yesterday when I was in a room and the engine sounds wouldn't play, only my music did and when I tried to leave the track the game froze on me

[jgancherjr]

4 yesterday, none for the last 4 months atleast before 2.08.... Pissed off...

[Polsixe]

Game seems to not respond to buttons pressed in between gameplay, ie end of race can't get out, moving to tuning shop freezes, sometimes black screen sometimes frozen screen. Just a coincidence or?

[SakuraHaruno]

That's nothing had to reboot the game about 10 times today cause of this

[TURNIP]

yeah 2.08 seriously messed up the online portion, black screens just about every race and even very frequent freezes that weren't happening prior to the latest patch...

[Highlandor]

Yep, 2.08 is the devil update...

Since the update, every night we've had a complete nightmare with our organised racing. 2.08 needs to be reversed immediately, it totally sucks.

Wednesday - 1hr 15mins to START our GT1 endurance (because so many frozen / black screens & disconnects)
Thursday - over 45 mins to start race 1 of our DTM championship (same as above)
Friday - over an hour to get ONE race started (same)

ALL 3 races, 'regulars' racing for championships etc they have attended for a long time already were unable to race, making them very unhappy. Some of these guys wll arange their social lives to participate in their favourite series.

All the same reason, black screens, frozen screens, 5 / 6 / 7 guys getting disco'd and half of them not be able to get back in..

We've raced with the same guys for well over a year, same lobby settings, same everything, since 2.08 trying to get an organised online race (i.e. league / series / championship) started is completely ridiculous.

This is killing organised racing, members can't get into the race. This will means the organisors have to re-run, or members will walk away not just from the series but GT5 and future GT's too.

The over-whelming response from the regular members I organise for is that they are at their wits end with updates that fix one thing and create a whole new problem.

2.08 is the worst of them all - all they want to do is race online with their online friends, 2.08 is making that ridiculously difficult.

The amount of time and effort some put in to organised racing, then the members have to arrange time to race - Polyphony have got to be complete imbeciles not to understand the damage they are doing to themselves.

NO MORE UPDATES THAT MAKES ONLINE RACING HARDER - it was a nightmare at the start of the game, and now it's worse than ever - TOTAL FAIL by Polyphony

[bs13]

Since the update I've only seen 2 black screens and they happened last night. In both cases the race eventually started and left only one person on the track in a black screen while the rest of us were able to race.

[Gotbeefboy564]

I've gotten the black screen today and a few times after i downloaded the update.

[HKS racer]

Updated 2.08 And yes, MORE BLACK SCREEN here as well. What's wrong with you PD? You are self-destructing Gran Turismo. Back to rFactor lifeboat ASAP.

[m8h3r]

There is a major bug somewhere in that update. I've tried playing online 3 times since it, in 3 different rooms and I've got the GT Logo when going to the track, every single time. Not only does it not change after 5 minutes but I tried signing out to cut the online connection and I was still stuck in the loading screen.

I have a couple of organized races coming up. I just hope I get the online working by then.

[Highlandor]

m8h3r

I have a couple of organized races coming up. I just hope I get the online working by then.

My advice if you've got an organised race coming up too:

Contact all those in the race beforehand - warn them to expect problems. If you got a near full lobby, warn them of potentially BIG problems.

i.e. black / frozen screens in lobby
people getting error message, not being able to enter room
when you hit "start race" - anything from 1 person to 1/3rd of lobby could get disconnected
when you do get everyone on track (after starting race) - some might get black screen with stationary car on grid, potentially causing pile up if cars behind it dont see them.

Try to get all your guys in lobby a bit earlier, make preperations for 2nd lobby just in case - or to rearrange the race.

Best of luck with your race, if you've got a near full lobby, be prepared to tear your hair out. Stress ball or something similiar greatly advised

[m8h3r]

Highlandor

My advice if you've got an organised race coming up too:

Contact all those in the race beforehand - warn them to expect problems. If you got a near full lobby, warn them of potentially BIG problems.

i.e. black / frozen screens in lobby
people getting error message, not being able to enter room
when you hit "start race" - anything from 1 person to 1/3rd of lobby could get disconnected
when you do get everyone on track (after starting race) - some might get black screen with stationary car on grid, potentially causing pile up if cars behind it dont see them.

Try to get all your guys in lobby a bit earlier, make preperations for 2nd lobby just in case - or to rearrange the race.

Best of luck with your race, if you've got a near full lobby, be prepared to tear your hair out. Stress ball or something similiar greatly advised

We have a full 16 person grid plus reserves tomorrow for a Kart race on Kart Space. I sense trouble.

[Z1-AV69]

alexlam24

I had a problem yesterday when I was in a room and the engine sounds wouldn't play, only my music did and when I tried to leave the track the game froze on me

Had this too yesterday, lots of black screens too. After the patch I need like 5 attempts to join an online race, each ending with some bug or freezing. After restarting several times at some point it works then. Really bad patch.