GT6 crashing my 80GB Fat, driving me insane.

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Alright, I know there are threads regarding this particular issue, but I'm guessing the details of mine differ slightly and I really am very very confused.

I own an 80 GB Fat PS3 purchased back in 2009.

Bought GT6 back in December and since then up until last month, it gave me no problems whatsoever. However, gradually, the game started crashing the PS3. Especially when I would load up arcade mode, it would crash on the "Pre-race" screen. Once rebooted, it would run smoothly without any further crashing.

This continued for a few weeks until the crashes became more frequent; it would now crash randomly during a race. Since then, the PS3 has begun crashing atleast once after startup without even loading a game.

Gran Turismo 6 is almost non-playable. I've tried everything, disconnecting from the internet, running on 720p, to no avail. Though the latter does seem to postpone the crashing.
I get probably 10-15 minutes of play time before the whole system shuts off.

The funny thing is, I play GTA V for hours on end, and it doesn't crash even once during gameplay, no problems whatsoever.
This only happens with Gran Turismo 6. One might state that this problem has been prominent for months, but how could it arise out of the blue when it didn't give me any problems whatsoever during the first month and a half of gameplay.

Could this be because of a recent update?

I'm not really sure. I was thinking of getting a refurbished unit from Sony since my warranty's long gone, but should I be when only GT6 is giving me problems? Also remember, ever since the game started crashing the system, it decides to crash on it's own once after startup.

I'm at a loss for ideas here. I was thinking of opening up the system and cleaning it.

I race down with the WRS, and off late I haven't been able to participate or even drive well for obvious reasons.

Any help is appreciated.
 
Rambo, I also have a fatty, that's even a year younger than yours.
I had similar problems with GT, tho my console eventually stopped reading all the blue-ray discs.

None of the software tricks helped, so I decided to (with a little help from my friend who has the nerves to do it) to open up the console and clean the blu-ray lens..now, I have absolutely no problems with reading/crashing/freezing.

It's not such a difficult task as it might seem at first, just be patient when unscrewing the fatty and you're good to go, I hope.

Also, this is probably just a temporary thing, I don't expect my PS3 to live for too long now...but, that's just the way it is with a lot of new technology, especially new-generation consoles, new one is here, time to buy it lol
 
I used to have an old 60GB Fat from 2007 that I bought back then also, and it struggled with GT5. It actually caused it to burn out on several occasions, and after many reflows it eventually gave up the ghost. I bought a Super Slim at the end of 2012 and it runs every game so efficiently it's amazing, I even think that the graphics looked a little better on GT5 once I had bought the console (visual flares were absent on my old PS3). It's really up to you whether you buy a new console (They go for cheap-ish now, try backing up your hard drive and then buying the small 12GB SS and installing a hard drive in it, before importing your old data in).

I was originally hesitant about buying the SS because I thought it was tacky, and i'd have been missing several features (PS2 Compat., SACD, OS Support) but at the end of the day all I needed was a reliable console, and the SS is actually incredibly well built and sturdy, despite it's cheap looks.
 
Cost $45 and takes less then a hour with the right tools. Google some videos, and go to amazon for a br drive, I reccomend buying from videogameadvantage, if they have yours in stock.
They are used but they have a 3 month warrenty, and mines lasted 7 months so far, :scared: knock on wood!.

Anyways good luck with whatever you do.
 
I also have a fat 80GB and I think I also got mine 2009.

I experienced the exact same thing where GT6 gradually becomes more crashy.

Solution: Delete the game data and re-install. Yes it's several gigs and takes a while but it definitely works for me. I think so far I've done this 3 times.
 
If you have done this three times, then perhaps your method isn't working seeing as you will have to keep on doing it?
Sander 001
I also have a fat 80GB and I think I also got mine 2009.

I experienced the exact same thing where GT6 gradually becomes more crashy.

Solution: Delete the game data and re-install. Yes it's several gigs and takes a while but it definitely works for me. I think so far I've done this 3 times.
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JEasy34
If you have done this three times, then perhaps your method isn't working seeing as you will have to keep on doing it?
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Read again, it is working. The game has been out for nearly 5 months and I've only had to do it 3 times. Really don't know why you're confused.
 
If you had a 5 month old car, and it cut off 3 times randomly, Id say you have a problem with a new car...
 
Sander 001
Read again, it is working. The game has been out for nearly 5 months and I've only had to do it 3 times. Really don't know why you're confused.
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I'm not confused. If you have to keep doing it then it's not working. It will just happen again. The "solution" is only temporary, not actually fixing the problem.
 
JEasy34
I'm not confused. If you have to keep doing it then it's not working. It will just happen again. The "solution" is only temporary, not actually fixing the problem.
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Where did I say that the solution was permanent? It's maintenance that needs to be conducted every once in a while, if that's too much for you I'd hate to smell your clothes or home.
 
What does clothing or a home have to do with Gran Turismo 6?
Sander 001
Where did I say that the solution was permanent? It's maintenance that needs to be conducted every once in a while, if that's too much for you I'd hate to smell your clothes or home.
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Sander 001
Where did I say that the solution was permanent? It's maintenance that needs to be conducted every once in a while, if that's too much for you I'd hate to smell your clothes or home.
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JEasy34 is simply saying that it's not the way the developers intended your experience to be (which is rubbish if you have to perform data maintenance 3 times in the space of nearly half a year) and if you feel you must do that, then there's issues with the software/hardware that shouldn't exist. Data and clothes/odours are two separate cases, one can be avoided, the other can not. Quite different you see?
 
Skydance
JEasy34 is simply saying that it's not the way the developers intended your experience to be (which is rubbish if you have to perform data maintenance 3 times in the space of nearly half a year) and if you feel you must do that, then there's issues with the software/hardware that shouldn't exist. Data and clothes/odours are two separate cases, one can be avoided, the other can not. Quite different you see?
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But if a man is too troubled to press a few buttons and allow a game to update every few months, what chance does he have to maintain personal hygiene? I used the analogy because he was unable to grasp the point.

GT6 is a game filled with flaws so having to do a little housekeeping on occasion is one of the least troubling things about the entire game.
 
I have one of the fatty PS3's too (60GB IIRC), pre-ordered it like a sucker but I have had just one issue with it since I put an SSD in it. Sometimes it won't boot and brings up a message that the OS or HDD isn't found and I have to power if off and then on again. It doesn't happen too often, once a week or so.

But I think Famine is right, probably need to get a new one from the sounds of it.

Jerome
 
Sander 001
But if a man is too troubled to press a few buttons and allow a game to update every few months, what chance does he have to maintain personal hygiene? I used the analogy because he was unable to grasp the point.

GT6 is a game filled with flaws so having to do a little housekeeping on occasion is one of the least troubling things about the entire game.
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How is the game updating, if you install the same update?
And back to my car reference, so you buy a car and the check engine light comes on, some will dissconnect the battery, the light gose off, for a while and comes on again. If you think thats a repair and nothings wrong, I question the condition of someones car.
 
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How is the game updating, if you install the same update?
And back to my car reference, so you buy a car and the check engine light comes on, some will dissconnect the battery, the light gose off, for a while and comes on again. If you think thats a repair and nothings wrong, I question the condition of someones car.
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Yeah but none of that happened and you need a specialist[a mechanic] to fix that. You don't here.
 
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Sander 001
But if a man is too troubled to press a few buttons and allow a game to update every few months, what chance does he have to maintain personal hygiene? I used the analogy because he was unable to grasp the point.

GT6 is a game filled with flaws so having to do a little housekeeping on occasion is one of the least troubling things about the entire game.
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I did grasp the point. You said it was preventative maintenance. If you have done it three times, then it's not preventing anything. That's all I was saying. No need to get personal or make silly statements. I didn't mean to offend you. Also, what does pressing buttons on the PS3 controller have to do with personal cleanliness?
 
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Mine is a 60G and I got random crash too, but not as often as you. I usually got one at least after an hour of play. But it always happen on the track. The latest one, I was on the FXX yesterday and was going to gold just before I crossed the line after playing 1.5hrs... luckily I could do it again.

This is the only game I have so much crashes. I had some with GTA V at first but after the early patch I could play hours without problem.


ps I think it's not only for the fat machines but just it's more often. When I played with friends online some of them dropped off, they said they had auto shut down. They have the slim ps3.
 
@Sander 001 So you honestly think there is nothing wrong with GT6 and GTA5 killing older PS3's?
Do you think its the owners fault, just cause they own a older system?

In your first post in this thread, you say "I experienced the exact same thing where GT6 gradually becomes more crashy."
So... Obviously there is a problem, be it the system/s or the programing, there is a problem.
I don't get how you can't acknowledge that...

(My opinions) I have a 80 gig fatty (was new), having killed one BR drive, and my PS3 is working on the second(used)(I have not taken the PS3 apart any further then to repair the BRD), and I have not had any other problems, I have had this BR drive for 7 months(purchased cause GT5 and GTA4 killed the last) and its dieing already.
Its not the system, even people with slims are having crashing problems if you read the linked thread by Famine.
It has something to do with how much data is transferred from disk to HHD during game play.(Again my opinion)
These new games are just to much for the PS3 systems(all), as its been mentioned here many times...
Again, just my observations as far as the BR drive possibly causing the crashing...

The reason I say its the BR drive is because, even in GT5/ GTA4 when my BR drive went out, I could not get the games to start at all and they would crash before I could do anything. So, I kept trying and trying and trying, to no success and finally got a code after 2 months of literally nothing.
So, I bought a used BR drive, and every game worked perfectly. Now that its worn out again, it can take a half hour of ejecting and inserting the game for it to start a game. I know its not a fix but at least I acknowledge whats wrong. (Problem has returned)

I might be playing too much... But there is still no reason why there should be crashing problems with a "complete" game.

Just to see, I will order another BR drive to see if my theory is correct, besides I need another one anyways.
 
JEasy34
I did grasp the point. You said it was preventative maintenance. If you have done it three times, then it's not preventing anything. That's all I was saying. No need to get personal or make silly statements. I didn't mean to offend you.
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Once again you're claiming I said something which I didn't. I never said "preventative maintenance".

@Sander 001 So you honestly think there is nothing wrong with GT6 and GTA5 killing older PS3's?
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Nope, I never said that nor implied it.
 
Sander 001
Where did I say that the solution was permanent? It's maintenance that needs to be conducted every once in a while, if that's too much for you I'd hate to smell your clothes or home.
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here is where you said it's maintenance that needs to be conducted every once in a while which is considered preventative maintenance. You're saying you didn't type this?
 
ryzno
@Sander 001 So you honestly think there is nothing wrong with GT6 and GTA5 killing older PS3's?
Do you think its the owners fault, just cause they own a older system?

In your first post in this thread, you say "I experienced the exact same thing where GT6 gradually becomes more crashy."
So... Obviously there is a problem, be it the system/s or the programing, there is a problem.
I don't get how you can't acknowledge that...

(My opinions) I have a 80 gig fatty (was new), having killed one BR drive, and my PS3 is working on the second(used)(I have not taken the PS3 apart any further then to repair the BRD), and I have not had any other problems, I have had this BR drive for 7 months(purchased cause GT5 and GTA4 killed the last) and its dieing already.
Its not the system, even people with slims are having crashing problems if you read the linked thread by Famine.
It has something to do with how much data is transferred from disk to HHD during game play.(Again my opinion)
These new games are just to much for the PS3 systems(all), as its been mentioned here many times...
Again, just my observations as far as the BR drive possibly causing the crashing...

The reason I say its the BR drive is because, even in GT5/ GTA4 when my BR drive went out, I could not get the games to start at all and they would crash before I could do anything. So, I kept trying and trying and trying, to no success and finally got a code after 2 months of literally nothing.
So, I bought a used BR drive, and every game worked perfectly. Now that its worn out again, it can take a half hour of ejecting and inserting the game for it to start a game. I know its not a fix but at least I acknowledge whats wrong. (Problem has returned)

I might be playing too much... But there is still no reason why there should be crashing problems with a "complete" game.

Just to see, I will order another BR drive to see if my theory is correct, besides I need another one anyways.
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I would still say the system is the main cause, I have Slim PS3 CECH3xxx with 500GB HDD, it never misses a beat, not a single triple beep/crash, and I have over 25000km distance driven, spent mostly racing at Bathurst in arcade, tuning/testing and cruising online. I do have preorder 1st print LE Asian GT6 ( disc and APEX II book printed in Japan ), the disc is gold layered with wavy pattern, similar quality to MGS 4 first print.
 
JEasy34
here is where you said it's maintenance that needs to be conducted every once in a while which is considered preventative maintenance. You're saying you didn't type this?
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I never said "preventative maintenance". But whatever semantics road you wanna go down won't change the fact that I'm able to play GT6 pretty smoothly day-in, day-out.
 
Sander 001
I never said "preventative maintenance". But whatever semantics road you wanna go down won't change the fact that I'm able to play GT6 pretty smoothly day-in, day-out.
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Wouldn't you agree that you're the one using semantics by denying the term preventative maintenance, when in fact, maintenance once in a while is considered preventative maintenance? Also you never answered my questions. What does does the smell of a clothing or a home have to do with GT6? What does pressing buttons on a PS3 controller have to do with personal cleanliness?
 
Whatever fine call it preventative maintenance if you want, it makes no difference. I do it once in a while to prevent the game from locking up and becoming unusable. Understand?
And again, I was trying to use an analogy to dumb it down because no matter what, you just don't get it and are unable to grasp something incredibly basic and simple. So I digress and hope you can understand this: Gran Turismo 6 works for me.
 
Sander 001
Whatever fine call it preventative maintenance if you want, it makes no difference. I do it once in a while to prevent the game from locking up and becoming unusable. Understand?
And again, I was trying to use an analogy to dumb it down because no matter what, you just don't get it and are unable to grasp something incredibly basic and simple. So I digress and hope you can understand this: Gran Turismo 6 works for me.
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And there it is...
 

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