XL edition and saved game

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My question is that i had a rented copy of Gt5 and played it enough to have a considerable saved game record.Then i decided to buy a copy from ebay and i found the XL edition.The problem is that with the XL edition disc in the old saved game doesnt load but with the rented disc in it does.Both are on the same version and fully updated.
What can i do in this situation?
Thanks in advance
 
Are you in America, or Europe? If you're in Europe but imported the XL edition (which is American only), it won't work with your (presumably European) game save from the rented copy.
 
The XL Edition is a North American (NTSC-UC) release and it's only compatible with gamesaves for North American games. If the version you rented was not North American, your gamesave will not load on it.

You seem to be located in Europe and thus it seems likely your rented game was European (PAL) and your gamesave is European. If you export the gamesave to a flash drive and put it in a computer, it'll probably appear in a folder called /PS3/SAVEDATA/BCES00569-GAME - indicating it's a European game.

You'll need to buy either the standard European release, the Platinum European release or the Academy Edition to continue your gamesave.
 
Toronado
Are you in America, or Europe? If you're in Europe but imported the XL edition (which is American only), it won't work with your (presumably European) game save from the rented copy.
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Yes i am from Europe.Still i searched a bit to see if it will be ok to have a PAL disc and the game still runs on the system why wouldnt the saved game be compatible...sounds kinda stupid doesnt it?
Is there any solution?
 
The American disc will run fine on any PS3, PAL or Japanese or otherwise. The issue is that the game save that the disc produces won't be the same as the game save that a European disc will produce; because the saves are tied to region of the disc for the purposes of identification (among other things).



The best solution would be to cut your losses on the XL disc (or try to sell it) and buy an Academy Edition disc, which is basically the same thing as the XL disc but it has more included content.
 
Toronado
The American disc will run fine on any PS3, PAL or Japanese or otherwise. The issue is that the game save that the disc produces won't be the same as the game save that a European disc will produce; because the saves are tied to region of the disc for the purposes of identification (among other things).



The best solution would be to cut your losses on the XL disc (or try to sell it) and buy an Academy Edition disc, which is basically the same thing as the XL disc but it has more included content.
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I saw a possibility of changing the name of the folders to the name of the XL version save would that do anything?
 
No. The folder structure is only different when you export the save from the PS3. The save itself is still different, and the game still looks for a specific save when you load it (in your case, the American disc is looking for an American save, and the save on your console is a European save so it doesn't even see it as a GT5 save).
 
Toronado
No. The folder structure is only different when you export the save from the PS3. The save itself is still different, and the game still looks for a specific save when you load it (in your case, the American disc is looking for an American save, and the save on your console is a European save so it doesn't even see it as a GT5 save).
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All hope is lost then.I guess i will start all over.Thanks for the quick reply!Oh and something quick how can i check which disc is PAL or NTSC??I'm just being curious :-)
 
It's written on it. And the box.

XL Edition is NTSC-UC, by the way. It's only for the North American market.
 
Two ways. Quickest way is by the content rating on the front/back. ESRB ratings are US, so they are NTSC. PEGI ratings are Europe, so they are PAL. CERO ratings are Japanese, so they are NTSC-J.


Other way is by looking at the spine of the case. The 4 letter code tells you whether the game is published by Sony (BC for games Sony publishes. BL for games that are published by third parties) and the region it was published. GT5 in America would have BCUS. In Europe it would be BCES. GT5 in Japan would have BCJS.

Famine
It's written on it. And the box.
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Actually, I don't think NTSC is written on the box anymore like it was for the PSX and PS2. Not that I can see, at least.
 
They rarely use the terms NTSC/PAL any more because... they're television standards and GT (and the PS3, I think) uses a variety of different standards - 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p. We just continue to use them for our convenience - NTSC-J is east Asia, NTSC-UC is North America and PAL is everywhere else... kinda.

I'm reasonably sure the standard game Japanese box says "NTSC 480p" on it, but the standard PAL one absolutely says "PAL | HD 720p, 1080i, 1080p". US... can't say. But it will say "Sony Computer Entertainment America" on it :lol:

Still XL is North America, Academy is Europe and Spec 2.0 is Japan.
 

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