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Gran Turismo 5 installs while you play

Posted Nov 21, 2010 at 11:15AM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: PS3 Tags: gran turismo 5, Polyphony Digital

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PS3 owners are given an option to install 6.4 GB worth of data to their console hard drive to make Gran Turismo 5's loading faster and smoother. That's one of the biggest PS3 install sizes so far and it would reportedly take around 40 minutes if you choose to do it at the outset.

According to Sony, however, even if you choose not to install any data at the beginning of the game there's a built-in auto-install feature that does it in incremental chunks.

"GT5 gives users the option of an install," a Sony rep told Eurogamer. "This makes loading times throughout much faster but is not a requirement when first playing. If users choose not to install the data straight away it will do it in stages as news areas, tracks, etc. are accessed during normal gameplay."

Gran Turismo 5 comes out on November 24.

Via [Eurogamer]

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Won't happen unless I move house, since we don't get cable and our entire area bottlenecks during peak times.

Anyway, the point was that the option of booting into a game and playing offline while updates installed in the background would've been a godsend, but GT5 is a step in the right direction.

+1 # Seriously? — BMT 2010-11-21 18:20

Just play another console, watch a DVD, play with the other presents? Impatient fools!

+1 # RE: Seriously? — UltimaXIX 2010-11-22 00:09

It wasn't a present, I bought the PS3 for myself because I wanted one.

-1 # RE: Gran Turismo 5 installs while you play — MARTINSTATIC 2010-11-21 13:34

So installing isn't really optional at all. It's just whether you decide to do it at once or not.

That sucks, 6GB.

+1 # RE: RE: Gran Turismo 5 installs while you play — UltimaXIX 2010-11-21 14:54

Still not all that much tbh.

+1 # RE: RE: RE: Gran Turismo 5 installs while you play — Walo 2010-11-22 05:52

Yeah, 6gb ain't nothing if you are playing while it installs. Only a few devs are that thoughtful though.

+1 # RE: RE: RE: RE: Gran Turismo 5 installs while you play — UltraPrinny 2010-11-22 14:20

I have a 60gb PS3... and I only have 6 GIGLBYTES LEFT DOOD!

+4 # RE: Gran Turismo 5 installs while you play — Karl B. 2010-11-21 13:47

Well, as long as the auto install doesn't slow down the game then it's all good.

# RE: RE: Gran Turismo 5 installs while you play — UltimaXIX 2010-11-22 00:11

If I'm right, then the game simply caches the files it needs to the HDD to speed things up and then leaves them there, so I can't see how it would slow the game down. I know you weren't saying it would, just saying... it won't.

# really? — Chuck 2010-11-21 14:53

we waited 5 years we can wait 40 more minutes...

smoother gameplay....faster load times....waiting 40 minutes will save you hours upon hours considering load times

# RE: Gran Turismo 5 installs while you play — Awesome 2010-11-21 15:29

Still Smaller then the 10gb install, that was reported by many news sites. 6gb is a lot smaller

. Metal gear solid was 4.5gb plus additional installs for additional content.

thats normal for me.

# Fallout 3? — Henkibojj 2010-11-21 16:48

I think Fallout 3 works the same way. Sure, there is some installment time at first but that's not for the 6+ GB it installs.

Whenever you fast travel somewhere you have not been before, the loading is huge but only until it's installed on the drive. Then it will just take less than 15 seconds to reach it.

# RE: Gran Turismo 5 installs while you play — Uplink 2010-11-21 18:34

So much conflicting information so far some are saying 10 gb install some are saying 5 now 6?

# ... — symbal 2010-11-21 20:28

It's not good if you got an old 40gb Ps3 just wanting to play games offline, because you might get the thing thinking all you gonna have is your game saves and never fill the Hdd up, so all it takes is 6 games like this and you got to buy a new hdd.

# RE: Gran Turismo 5 installs while you play — Rastermany 2010-11-21 21:00

Now if only all games were like this.

# RE: Gran Turismo 5 installs while you play — GUNBEHINDTHESUN 2010-11-21 23:40

Finally!...

-3 # finally — yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay 2010-11-22 06:23

hey guys i finally found the torrent file is http://tinyurl.com/363wqsr

i am downloading know :DDD

# RE: finally — Beansta 2010-11-23 18:17

well done dickhead, at least i have the courtesy to have the retail copy already, been playing it for nearly 10 hours now. buy the game u lazy cunt

# man — thomas fitzgerald 2010-11-28 16:46

how do i load grand tarimo playable demo for ps3 to my ps3

# STOP CRYIN — SLIDEWAYZ 2010-11-30 17:33

YOU DONT DESERVE TO PLAY THE GAME IF YOU CANT EVEN GET THE NAME OF THE GAME RIGHT

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