GT5 Runs Better WITHOUT Install

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WTF with the thumbnails lol. I just re-did them all today.

It won't delete update data, or reset your auto-messages?
 
Jamie-C
Your thumbnails in your garage, which can all be recreated.

Apart from that there is nothing else you will notice.
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Actually this doesn't affect the thumbnails in garage.
Only deleting game data in XMB does that.

I have deleted the Pre-Installed data when I had full 2000 car garage and no harm was done to the cars whatsoever.
This was about a week ago.

EDIT: Update data and Auto Message remain untouched.

The path in GT5 is: Options > Utilities > Delete Installed Files


If you want to change back there is the "Pre-Install Main Game Data" - button for that.


I don't have DLC , so can't answer on that part.



MadMax
 
So, I should be safe doing this?

EDIT: Just deleted them. So far nothing has happened badly. I also checked "Stop Gradual Installation of Files".


UPDATE: Game runs MUCH faster as far as I can tell. Haven't loaded a track yet though.


NOOOOOOOOO I hate 95 racing suits and now I only have 21
 
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Yes!

I'm going to delete mine now, will post if I notice any advantages/dis advantages 👍
 
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All deleted and its seems to have helped things, load times seem to be quicker and the problems I expressed in this topic were non-existent. https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=218291

I only quickly joined 2 different rooms to see how long it would take the car list too load up and it was almost instant. I'll trial it more thoroughly tomorrow, late now.

Disc drive makes a racket now though as its having to read from the disc now.
 
I won´t delete my installfiles for faster loading times, if this means my bluray device has to work much more. This only helps my ps3 die quicker...No, thank you. If i want that, i start to play fifa :D
 
Your PS3 was made to use that drive. Any time shaved off will be unnoticable.
 
I haven't yet performed installation in GT5 that allows us to load the game more swiftly either, but I see no problem running the game without doing it so far. Additionally, it takes lots of space(capacity) in PS3 which makes it harder to preserve other stuff such as datas of other games and photographs.

Although I have tried to do an install for more smooth access to online services provided in GT5, I gave up waiting for it to be completed since there was no sign of completion on screen even after 30 mins or so. :sick:
 
How would it make it harder to preserve other data? The other data gets a seperate part of the hard drive, so when loading GT5, that part of the HDD wouldn't be even touched.
 
I would definitely use the hard drive whenever possible. The blu-ray dies quickly (especially if you're using it for movies as well). My hard drive gave out quickly (7 months old) but at least it's a lot easier to get one and install it.
 
If this effect is better it might tie into the issue of the slow loading of menus/car lists/replay saves etc. As if the PS3 is using the HDD as a memory file, like a Windows page file then accessing that while at the same time trying to access the game data might cause issues, in which case getting data off the Blu-ray will improve resources and be faster.
But it might be this thing that PD are fixing by the end of the month and HDD installs will be quick again.
 
liQster
I won´t delete my installfiles for faster loading times, if this means my bluray device has to work much more. This only helps my ps3 die quicker...No, thank you. If i want that, i start to play fifa :D
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this.
i think i'll wait. hopefully PD is doing something about it.
 
In the UK you have a 6 year statutory protection for goods, the PS3 should be deliver a life expectancy of 10 years plus, any faults even after warranty expires are eligible to be paid for by the supplier/retail shop (upto 6 years from purchase).
Are there similar rights for other countries?
 
Moot
In the UK you have a 6 year statutory protection for goods, the PS3 should be deliver a life expectancy of 10 years plus, any faults even after warranty expires are eligible to be paid for by the supplier/retail shop (upto 6 years from purchase).
Are there similar rights for other countries?
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no where close in the US - just depends on the manufacturer - Sony offers 1yr manufacturer warranty - and 2 additional years if you pay extra for coverage ($60 US). That's it.

I just paid Sony $100 to fix my out of warranty fat PS3 when it YLOD - it was 3 years old.
 
Moot
In the UK you have a 6 year statutory protection for goods, the PS3 should be deliver a life expectancy of 10 years plus, any faults even after warranty expires are eligible to be paid for by the supplier/retail shop (upto 6 years from purchase).
Are there similar rights for other countries?
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I've had 3 PS2s for about 10 years and none of them have ever had the laser cleaned and all 3 run like brand new and all have taken extremely heavy use. Sony wouldn't produce another console unless it can take the former abuse and more of past generation consoles.

Although in this day and age people are making things cheap so they break and people buy more.
 
reminds me my ps2 draw has jammed,its about 8 years old guess I will get a brand new one for free if I contact Sony :D

back to ps3 fat my friend had one fail it was 2 years old and Sony were not interested to replace for free but offered to repair at a discounted cost.

anybody who thinks you can get a free replacement out of warranty is talking nonsense. :)
 
pmjg66
reminds me my ps2 draw has jammed,its about 8 years old guess I will get a brand new one for free if I contact Sony :D

back to ps3 fat my friend had one fail it was 2 years old and Sony were not interested to replace for free but offered to repair at a discounted cost.

anybody who thinks you can get a free replacement out of warranty is talking nonsense. :)
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Ask Sony to repair it for free and they will say no. You need to advise them you are taking legal action based on your statutory rights. But I think the issue is with the place of sale so Sony might not care anyway, it's the shop that the legal claim will go to, the shop will need to pay for repair or exchange.
As said before anything up to 6 years the goods should be working as designed to.
 
Moot
Ask Sony to repair it for free and they will say no. You need to advise them you are taking legal action based on your statutory rights. But I think the issue is with the place of sale so Sony might not care anyway, it's the shop that the legal claim will go to, the shop will need to pay for repair or exchange.
As said before anything up to 6 years the goods should be working as designed to.
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each case has to be taken on its own merit,there is no actual definite guarantee any product will be repaired or replaced up to 6 years.

a car worth £30,000 that's 5 years with only 25000 miles requires a new turbo and has full service history (happened to a neighbour) she complained to the dealer who contacted the manufacturer and they offered 50% GOODWILL contribution not an extended (6yr) warranty contribution.still a little upset but better than nothing.

but if you get 6 years out of a playstation system then it fails I would think there would be little chance in a court of law of a free repair/replacement or good will contribution.
 
Moot
In the UK you have a 6 year statutory protection for goods, the PS3 should be deliver a life expectancy of 10 years plus, any faults even after warranty expires are eligible to be paid for by the supplier/retail shop (upto 6 years from purchase).
Are there similar rights for other countries?
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Are you 100% sure thats the whole text?
There is a European Protection that says you have a 2 year warranty for any product you have bought online, no matter what broke unless you deliberately broke it yourself.

Beyond that here in The Netherlands we have a Protection that says that when something breaks within a 'reasonable period of time where you can expect the apparatus not to break', you have a repair protection.
You have to point the manufacturer to that rule, and they can argue that it's not normal use braking.
Often, things that are likely to break will not be in that guarantee. Also not included are things that normally wear-out like tires on a car.

Example: I buy a PS3 online, YLOD after 1.5 years: I get a new one or a repaired one no cost, because thats European Protection (all of Europe has that protection btw, I think it also counts in the UK)

The PS3 then works fine untill after 4 years the lens is damaged. I don't think this will be repaired no-cost, because it's a wear-part and can be damaged easily by bad handling. I mean: if you turn the PS3 on, and let it running without touching it for 4 years, the lens would not be damaged. But if you pick up a working PS3 the disc has a minute chance of scratching the lens. But thats not the PS3 fault it;s bad handling by user.
Sony knows that, and you'll probably have to go to court and have a 50-50 chance of winning.
I wouldn't put in all the time and effort and possibly money to get a lens replaced for free.


So the question is: are you 100% sure that it says 6 years warranty no matter what? Because if it doesn't there are only a few options left:
- When giving back the damaged PS3 to Sony immediately argue that it 'should not have broke yet' and hope for the best.
- Go to Court when it's a no-guarantee
- Accept the costs when it's a no guarantee.
 
My ps3 recently died (began by dying after 10 minutes on xmb, then lasted 5 minutes, then 2, 30 sec, 10, then it refuses to start get a initial yellow light for a second then a beep an continual red flashing light.

Had since launch (40 gig) and was £400 at the time, not happy.

Havnt tried Sony yet but I doubt they'll help.
 
For the people that are getting quicker times out of running GT5 off of the disc instead of the HDD, are any of you using the old 60GB?
 
Stevisiov
It's a hell of a lot faster that disc if you install to a solid state drive.
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Meh, though my SSD wasn't that fast, mid-line 200mb/s rea 175mb/s write, I didn't notice a huge improvement over the regular hard disc I just installed. I used the SSD for a new RAID config. on my PC after watching the new BF3 Caspian Border trailer.

I haven't tried this thread's topic yet though. I care a lot more for smoother frames than faster loading times.
 
I tried this today and it didn't make loading any quicker. There was still the slowness in online menus also, but I have yet to see if it does the full blown crawl in time to access settings and cars etc. on random occasions.
 
i am using the install, it is slightly slower, but my ps3 runs much cooler and quieter. most of the heat in the ps3 comes from the blu ray drive. but i probably am not goona delete the data to save a few secconds. i spent too long installing it in the first place!
 

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