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Gran Turismo PSP requires OFW 6.00

Posted Sep 13, 2009 at 12:53PM EST by Ryan F.

Listed in: Firmware, News, Titles, Games Tags: Custom Firmware, homebrew community, PlayStation Store, psp firmware, SCEA, Sony

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More bad news for PSP custom firmware users. Apparently, the upcoming Gran Turismo PSP will require you to have the latest firmware 6.00 installed before playing the game.

According to reports from TheSixthAxis, SCEA has given some lucky websites a voucher code of the game for them to review. The download weighs approximately 937MB and requires the latest PSP firmware 6.00 installed. Now this is not really a surprising move from Sony since most of their latest PSP releases required a mandatory installation of firmware 5.55 that came along with the UMD.

Gran Turismo PSP will be released October 1.

Via TheSixthAxis

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provided you dont have psp go,ta-088v3 or ta-090v2.

get yourself despertar del cementerio v8

set up MMS and pandora (use time machine IPL so you can boot normal)

now install 6.00 OFW onto your psp.

whenever you want to play UMDs or psn downloads that require 6.00 you boot psp as normal.

if you want to play brew, hold L shoulder button while booting PSP to start despertar del cementerio, goto test 5.00m33.

it will run 5.00m33 from the memstick, meaning you affectively have both 6.00 and 5.00m33 installed.

remember pandora works on ANY firmware.

# Yeah — hush404 2009-09-13 15:01

I personally wouldn't mind. I pay for my games.

Hope Sony continues to still the pirate community with more and more measures, making more difficult for them to have an easy time at getting games.

I think Sony's initiative to pump up their PSstore with useful PSP apps is to offer a completely legit way of using some of your fav "homebrew" apps without CFWing your system is a step in the right direction. Because anyone who says they use CFW for "Only legit homebrew" is a f***ing liar, they're all pirating.

Even if Sony just continually pumped out new OFW with little tweaks that required entire new written CFW to crack... then I see a huge stick being put in the pirating community.

# hmm — midnite1 2009-09-13 15:26

people will eventually find a loop hole around this

# No!!!!!!!!!! — puddingman 2009-09-13 16:37

Damn You SONY!

you can't stop us!

# Typo — FelisCatusLover 2009-09-13 17:07

lol bad new.

# ... — Genotype 2009-09-13 17:24

Why are we getting these updates that new games will require the new firmware? It seems obvious. I buy my games legally, so I don't mind, but Sony could save themselves some trouble and try yo cater towards the firm-ware crowd and try to fight piracy other ways. It would, admittedly, mean more time and money for them though.

# White Knight alert. — Icy 2009-09-13 17:40

Looks like hush is a little butthurt because he didn't make wise decisions upon buying his psp. I have cfw. I use legit homebrew. I also pirate games. What's there to hide?

Piracy is a good thing, comrades. It brings the Internet closer together.

# ... — Guest 2009-09-13 17:42

edited, thanks for the heads up!

# Wow why didn't I think of that — gunblade15zx 2009-09-13 18:10

Actually that is pretty smart right there and if you run from memstick is there like any drawbacks to running 5.00 m33 from the memstick because I would still like to play my PS1 games

# lol — icestrom 2009-09-13 18:27

true hush, there are way more pirates than non pirates, and look how ths psp sells way more than the Wii/PS3/360 yet even the best games of psp have nowhere near as many sales, cause all the noobs are pirating it instead of buying.

# hmm — b|ank Crossfire 2009-09-13 19:16

So you can replace 5.55 with 6.00 with the dc8 mod just like that?

# really — phoenix1414 2009-09-13 19:23

really hush? you can speak for every single cfw user? gimme a break.

# Um.. — Adamchrisp 2009-09-13 20:38

I think I remember the same thing being said about SoulCalibur needing OFW (not 6.00 though) but I went to try that out and a ripped version worked just fine...

Either a CFW will be released or the ISO will be ripped, pirates will still get to play this game.

# wtf? — NakedFaerie 2009-09-13 20:40

What are people so suprised about? Did you really think they will release it with the need for 5.00 firmware? HAHAHAHAHA

We all knew it would need the latest firmware and I bet there will probably be some new anti-piracy in the game too.

# Huh — Acteon 2009-09-13 22:21

I don't think anyone is really surprised by this. I'm far more concerned with the fact that we're two weeks into September and I've yet to see any real number of PSP or PSOne classics on the PSN - what exactly are people using the PSP Go supposed to play when it lands? I'm not a fan of Gran Turismo, Persona has been pushed back and the UK store has 4 old PSP games on it.

Surely Sony can't be gearing up for yet another launch disaster?

# No. — Foolmonkey 2009-09-13 22:23

Soul calibur works because it was leaked before the version requirement was put in. Not likely to happen again anytime soon.

# oh noes — pewpie 2009-09-13 22:59

i cant wait!! i will have to abandon my lovely cfw psp and upgrade to ofw6!!

lal ***** the ***** who wrote this *****.

# ... — Silver-Tiger 2009-09-14 00:14

@ TROYROCKSTHEFLO CK and

@ Colak:

If you have been waiting to play this game, why not buy the game instead?

Seriously, you guys make it seem like CTW is the only way to play game....

# ... — FreePlay 2009-09-14 01:11

Of course you can. You can have any FW on the flash and still test 5.00m33 from the MS.

# @Silver-Tiger — noshoes84 2009-09-14 01:35

Buying the game has nothing to do with CFW. Even if you are running m33 and go out and buy the UMD the game still won't run. You need 6.00xxwhatever or 6.0ofw to run it.

# This can be seen as a good news. — alibasbas 2009-09-14 01:53

This can be seen as a good news. Maybe this move by Sony will force Dark Alex to go out of retirement and work on a custom firmware for 6.00-M33.

# like how someone else said... — danielakadanny 2009-09-14 02:17

the advertisement is always first XD

# i doubt it — Aces In The Palm 2009-09-14 02:21

there is no real added functionality to 6.00 other than abilty to play 6.00 games

being that 5.00m33 can be run from memstick using DCv8, the only reason for a 6.00CFW is piracy.

DA aint going to do another m33 firmware until sony make it worth the effort.

# lol @Silver-Tiger — WiiRolled 2009-09-14 02:31

Buying the game won't bypass the version check.

@ Colak

Pandorize your battery, get the 6.00 OFW and start playing

# People, BUY THE GAME (if it's good) — WiiRolled 2009-09-14 02:34

Let's show our appreciation for this title, and we'll sure get more of them.

# aahhh — Sn1boss 2009-09-14 02:51

no problem someone will eventually hack it sony keep bringin out protected firmware but its all down to the hardware and thats not very secure thats why they made psp go is completely different in hardware

# Ok... — PSPfNruelzdude 2009-09-14 03:21

Yeah, let's show appreciation for a game that should have come out well over 3 years ago.

# Too bad — PinCushion 2009-09-14 06:50

Too bad iR Shell won't run correctly in a firmware booted off the memory stick. Several of the major functions -the ones that makes it worth having- don't work. Sucks. . .

# About time Sony + Polyphony!!!!! — KingPepper 2009-09-14 06:52

I should know i have been waiting for this game, since PSP launch day here in the UK.

But only 4 cars in races, honestly, Polyphony, after all this time, surely you could of had 6 cars in races.

Maybe there will be a special mode to unlock at the end, that allows you to race against 5 other cars, but in a lower framerate.

Also i wonder what the guys at Polyphony will be working on when GT5 is finally released?

# Different hardware yes, but......... — KingPepper 2009-09-14 06:58

The PSP Go will use the same Official firmware as the older PSP's, hence if the 6.00+ firmware is found to contain a exploit then all version's of PSP will be hacked open, see what i mean?

# I don't care — jimftr 2009-09-14 07:52

So what if you need to update. Just make a pandora. I will be buying the game unlike evryone else here except for a few people. It's woth the £24.99/$38.99 asking price. Infact, that is a bargain becuase its much cheaper than other psp games. Seriously, just buy it, make a pandora. And wait for a new cfw. Is that so hard?

# ... — symbal 2009-09-14 08:43

I might buy it but i won't be stupid enough to buy a digital download because when the cfw comes out i can sell the umd and get some money back.

# I stand corrected... — Silver-Tiger 2009-09-14 10:56

sorry, my bad. I didn't think about it. You are completely right. I had a long day LOL.

# CFW != Piracy, You Retards — Elric 2009-09-14 11:36

Some salient points in the CFW debate for all of the haters:

1. CFW doesn't have anything to do with piracy and/or not buying games. It's about the added capabilities that CFW provides being essential to how you use the device once you've grown accustomed to them. POPs loading, multiple CSOs on mem stick, emulators, utilities, etc.

2. Pandora'ing to switch games IS NOT a viable work around. I use CFW on a PSP that has a 32Gb mem stick to load 10-15 PSP UMDs and 8 or so PSX games (yes, ALL legally purchased) onto a single memory stick and then I keep one UMD game or movie "in the pipe" (currently Resistance Retribution). I'm not even willing to jack around with multiple memory sticks or UMDs much less re-flash the freaking device between games.

Now, if the era of homebrew is over, so be it. But the OFW better up its game to be at least close to as useful as my current device is (within limits some restrictions would be necessary on ISOs to curb piracy, etc) or I'll live with my current game library until OFW gets a can't live without it feature.

Even in that case, I might just get another piece of hardware rather than constantly jacking around with my CFW/Pandora PSP Phat setup.

But, FWIW, I have been an AVID PSP fan and an aggressive game buyer for the system, so for the time being, it represents the virtual loss of a customer for Sony, and they should consider that aspect of it. Some of the biggest CFW fans are PSP flag bearers on the net.

So, when it comes down to it, all of you guys waving the piracy flag for OFW can go pound sand.

# Yes!!!!!!! — Partof300 2009-09-14 11:50

Do you know Sony owns Polyphony Digital? Futhermore do you realize that if it weren't for Sony, Playstation wouldn't exist? Futher, futhermore do you realize then we wouldn't have the PSP? Further, further, furthermore did you realize we then wouldn't have Gran Turismo for the PSP?

# or... — x70xchallengerx 2009-09-14 12:48

or you can just swap the update in the game with a 3.0 update... o.o

duh

# or....... — RLKirkland 2009-09-14 13:19

a 1.5 update, or a 5.5 update, errr... i am getting a psp go so i am not worried about it i will keep my slim on CFW for my snes games and whatnot and the psp go can stay at latest OFW and for those worried about digital games when the psp go arrives in 17 days should be because im sure sony is uploaded tons of games to their servers but is waiting until the first to make them available for download so they can see how well the psp go is going to help in the digital department but yeah if you can afford it which by the way i am making sacrifices to make sure i can :) buy a psp go and gran turismo play the ***** out of it so we can test the battery and be happy

# Dual BOot — NA1NSXR 2009-09-14 19:41

I would just be happy if we can get a easy dual boot functionality or version selection from the recovery menu.

# Amen, to that... — jonnyp_777 2009-09-14 19:59

...and not that DVC8 or whatever way either. We need a new Devhook or something similar. That would be sick. Whatever happened to Booster?

# - — APerson 2009-09-15 03:35

I don't pirate PSP games (but I do rip my own PS1 games) and I own 20 or so UMDs but bugger me. I won't be getting this. In fact if hackers get to it and remove the OFW requirement I'm more likely to get that than pay for the UMD.

Not a good move really. There is no way I'm losing my CFW and no way I'm going through the whole rigmarole of pandora a few times a day to play this and the PS1 games I play too much. Sorry Sony. And I'll be telling that to my contacts there xD

# hehe — Aces In The Palm 2009-09-15 06:03

wrong wrong and your a pirate

1. CFW has always been about brew, just a pity people used it for pracy.

2. pandoring is what i use, if you say it dont work properly....you havent tried it

your not reflashing anything i have 5.50 ofw + 5.00m33 on DCv8

when gt comes to aus, i'll have 6.00 + 5.00m33

i run CFW from DCv8 yest 5.00m33

some peeps may have to swap memcards but its worth it

i have a hackable slim

sold my fat

slim can do more now

# lol — Aces In The Palm 2009-09-15 06:46

im drunk and i can see past your chit

# 5.55 or 6.00??? — Colak 2009-09-15 15:11

I have now bought my first PSP (D.I.R.T) game and have been using PSP for 1 1/2 years. the reason why i didnt buy it was because there havent been any good graphic games, now after soul calibur the best games comes showes up. *Now when D:I:R:T game requires Fw 5.55 how can i play it and then play my regular cfw games?

I have a Pandora battery and Mstick ready to downgrade so i just want to be sure. Should i download and install 5.55fw or 6.00?

can i downgrade fw 5.55?

# I won't worry about it. — joey_sfb 2009-09-15 18:06

Personally, i buy every original game cause i collect them. Still i like piracy, cause it keep the original game price low due to lower demand.

Law of economics, don't believe whatever Sony,M$ says, they will drain every drop of our blood if they could.

Don't worry folk, it will be crack just like any other console system when in doubt check every console and PC games history. Which system and game does not get crack eventually. And i love it :)

# Yes — Guest 2010-01-22 03:54

finally something that will be worth looking forward to for CFW USERS............XD

# So...this means... — Guest 2010-01-23 20:13

Does this mean all the new games that are coming out this year and the following year are going to need the latest version a psp could possibly have??? totally bad news for cfw users....luckily i'm on official firmware....XD

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