Phat PS3... Lockup in opening?

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I had this problem too where in menus throughout the game it was hardlocking, this started happening right after I installed Patch 1.05.

At first I thought it was my old fatty PS3 dieing, its quite ancient now so I went out and bought a 320GB Slim. Got it home spent a couple of hours transferring everything from the old one to the new one and loaded up the game... Same problem. 👎

Suffice to say I wasn't very happy, then it dawned on me that the first thing I did after the update was to select some custom BGM for the menus and what not. So I quickly disabled the User BGM, but the lockups carried on. Then I went and deleted all the music and playlists off the PS3 and you know what... not a single lock up at loading or in menus since (touch wood) 👍

Not sure what causes it precisely, perhaps its a MP3 of dubious integrity, or the PS3 struggles with variable bitrate MP3's but this fixed it 100%.

If you've got lock ups and have messed with the user BGM this is the first place you should look. It may not fix all of your issues but if this helps someone... then nice one 👍

Sadly, I tried this as well. Disabled all BGM, took off all of my music, etc. Still didn't work. :(

Why would that make any difference?

An update that bricks your GT5 shouldn't be big news on GTP?
 
I few days ago the game wouldn't load for me. Got stuck in the opening screens. After 4 tries I went into the XMB and disabled the internet connection, then it worked fine. I re-enabled the internet connection later that evening and it's been working fine since then.

I'm guessing that when they added those seasonal events, the online traffic probably went way up and caused problems with their servers.
 
I think Canada is well represented on GTP. Also, any other canuck angry about not being able to sign up for GT Academy.

I don't care so much for the Academy (I get enough track time IRL), but it would be nice to at least participate in the seasonal events from a gaming perspective.
 
I have tried all of the 'solutions' in this thread and none have worked, perhaps my internet connection is too weak?
 
I have exactly this issue as well. I started a thread aout it a day or so ago and got no replies.

Any clues what we can do about it?

I'm in the UK, by the way...
 
Suffice to say I wasn't very happy, then it dawned on me that the first thing I did after the update was to select some custom BGM for the menus and what not. So I quickly disabled the User BGM, but the lockups carried on. Then I went and deleted all the music and playlists off the PS3 and you know what... not a single lock up at loading or in menus since (touch wood) 👍

I am having the same problem and I think you might be onto something. I too have custom BGM music and since I started using that it started locking up. I too turned it off and never had the problem after that. :indiff:
 
Good news guys, I was able to fix it. First I unplugged my modem and router for about 5 mins and then plugged them back in. I started my PS3 and disabled internet connection, then re-enabled it. I did a connection test and the speed was about twice as fast as before. After that I started the game and online finally works for me.
 
Three weeks later, still having the same issue. Missed out on three racing leagues, can't gift cars that I'd like to, and no bonuses for me throughout the entire holiday season. I've done everything in this thread, disabled the BGM completely, deleted all of media on my PS3, tried using a new account, resetting the router. Nothing has worked.

I'm not even mad anymore, I'm just tired of it. I'm about ready to sell GT5, because I'm only getting half of a half finished game. Oof.
 
Mine started freezing the otherday. I did a couple things to resolve the issue, nothing helped. Turns out it was my music folder I was using for ingame music, I deleted that, and it fixed it up. Nomore issues.
 
Mine started freezing the otherday. I did a couple things to resolve the issue, nothing helped. Turns out it was my music folder I was using for ingame music, I deleted that, and it fixed it up. Nomore issues.

Did you reset the PS3 after, or do anything else?

I've deleted all the music, turned off regular and personal BGM, and nothing. I'm once again reinstalling the game before I download the patch again, though I doubt it will help since it didn't the four other times three weeks ago.

I spent a lot of time online in Prologue, and now I haven't even seen what GT5's online looks like, let alone raced in it. :(
 
FIXED

Wow, I cannot believe that just happened.

Okay, an exact runthough of what I just did:

1: Delete all game data (not save)
2: Download patch and install
3: Skip the game install
4: Go into options, then utilities, then delete all installed game data
5: Install the game through that menu.
6: After the install, power off the system and power it back on
7: Install the patch when prompted
8: Accept the user agreement (that never popped up before on any previous attempts)
9: ..smile like a kid and get giddy when you can see all the new features!

I feel like a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
 
Did you reset the PS3 after, or do anything else?

I've deleted all the music, turned off regular and personal BGM, and nothing. I'm once again reinstalling the game before I download the patch again, though I doubt it will help since it didn't the four other times three weeks ago.

I spent a lot of time online in Prologue, and now I haven't even seen what GT5's online looks like, let alone raced in it. :(

I deleted game data, still froze. I took the vacuum, sucked out the dust, still froze. I just happened to try the music folder thing by chance, it's been fine since.
 
Had the same issue on a launch day 60gb. I'm not using custom BGM and have been using ethernet. Deleting game install (not savegame) and re-installing patch then game was all I could do to fix it.

Seems to be getting more frequent from the posts in various locations.
 
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