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Grand Theft Auto: Online |OT| The Stimulation Has Began!
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astronaughtE
Banned
Bawsaq is down for me. I nearly had a heart attack!
I remember when I was really excited by the prospect that with a substantial online mode in GTA5 it'll run much better than the terrible netcode in GTA4 where friends would get kicked out of lobbies and there would connection errors all over the place. Turns out that even with a much more dedicated experience, the end result at launch is exactly the same! Lolz. 
SirMossyBloke
Member
Can't find a single solo mission. They all seem to be multiplayer deatgmatch style.
Not solo mode. Waited no more than a minute each try before going back to the dashboard.
Evil Beaver
Member
My first GTA: Online kills!
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
I think NA will fair a bit better if it wasn't competing with dozens of other countries. This update was released this morning in the states, a good majority of GTA's players on the east coast were in school while the other half of the country was asleep. The overload was due to everyone else.
Coolbgdog12
Member
Anyone get a prompt for PS3 system update?? I was about to play BF4 beta and the PS3 says it needs to update.
Our girls are twins.My first GTA: Online kills!
RealityPales
Member
The train is your best friend for avoiding 3-5 stars. Just sit on that thing until you're in a tunnel, then jump off.
The game did that for me a moment ago, :/
Had to recreate another one and then I picked solo mode because the other one is giving me the 'failed host' message. Tried solo just now, watched intro again, and now the race trigger for that first race is gone. Can't hit start or anything to back out to SP or whatever.
I'm giving up for the night.
At least I got to move around in the world for a bit. I guess.
Evil Beaver
Member
20 min for me. I actually started to make dinner and forgot it was running. I lost the race, but it still let me continue
I'm in, and I've been playing all day with lots of different people. It hasn't been down for everyone all day.
Unfortunately most can't get in, so as much as I want to talk about the game with GAF homies, I can't
Hey dude I saw you in my game in your pimped purple/yellow car ( i think it was you..?)
Ping difference makes it impossible to play with others sometime, on my screen you were zipping all over the place.
NaturalHigh
Member
Got through the 2nd tutorial mission. I am now sitting in the clouds looking down. Been here 4 minutes.
360 here how I got to the race:
During the launching session (8 - 10 minutes) don't touch your controller. I got kicked for being inactive. It loaded again I walked to the race trigger and it booted right up. I raced Lamar instead of another player. The next mission started and I was matched up with 3 other players.
Might have been just luck but worth trying out if you are having issues.
360 here how I got to the race:
During the launching session (8 - 10 minutes) don't touch your controller. I got kicked for being inactive. It loaded again I walked to the race trigger and it booted right up. I raced Lamar instead of another player. The next mission started and I was matched up with 3 other players.
Might have been just luck but worth trying out if you are having issues.
Net_Wrecker
Member
I remember when I was really excited by the prospect that with a substantial online mode in GTA5 it'll run much better than the terrible netcode in GTA4 where friends would get kicked out of lobbies and there would connection errors all over the place. Turns out that even with a much more dedicated experience, the end result at launch is exactly the same! Lolz.
This is way worse for me. I was exploring Liberty City with friends within the first day of launch. It was janky and there was no real content, but I could at least get into Free Roam. This, on the other hand, is flatout broken, and even makes singleplayer act weird when you get kicked out of it.
I won't be touching this again until it's confirmed to be stable.
Takamura-San
Member
After skimming the thread I might as well don't download the patch.
Will wait for the weekend and see the state here and maybe will bother.
Will wait for the weekend and see the state here and maybe will bother.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
rarely come across it but thanks for the tip
Thanks. It's worth a shot I guess.
I wonder what happens if you disconnect during 'Launching Session'.
Spazznid
Member
When you try, do you choose solo? The only way I can even see the race segment start is through solo or invite only, and then when the car pulls up to me, the bottom says waiting for players for like two seconds before giving me an error. Are you saying I should wait at the error screen? This is so aggravating.
Oh yeah! That's my Sabre
Yeah the lag can get bad! I wanted to rob that store with you!
I had zero technical problems during my roughly three hours of play. I had some fun dressing up my character, but that was sort of it. It seems like it would be fun with friends, but while playing solo I was really struggling to find anything redeeming. I'll keep going with it for a while, but it's hard to go from the main campaign to this because everything feels so second-rate in comparison (missions, dialog, progression, the city itself).
LvlNinety9
Neo Member
Don't know if this will help anyone but for me and my 360 clearing the system cache helped. Once I did that I was rocking and rolling.
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
In my experience when a console game is this bad online its never great. NBA 2K, WWE games, Twisted Metal etc. Not everyone can do online.
antikythera
Banned
So I steal an Infernus and it's "too hot to modify" and you have to buy it instead.
Is that how GTA IV online worked? You can't steal cars... in grand theft auto?
Is that how GTA IV online worked? You can't steal cars... in grand theft auto?
Waiting patiently for all my friends to get in the game so we can go golf. Hopefully they will take it as seriously as I am going to.
snoopeasystreet
Member
It would have been interesting if they let people in based on how much they've completed in the single player. It'd still probably be gone to shit but at least they'd have tried something.
lem0n
Member
I played over 3 hours today. I got in somehow this morning, I just dashboarded at the race loading screen, hit A to go to Online at the first loading screen, and got in. My friend and I drove around holding up liquor stores and 7-11s. So much fun, can't wait to get the whole gang online and just explore
Updated my PS3 and then tried to download and install the patch for the game. Locked up my system with a black screen twice. I had to pull the AC cord out of the PlayStation since the slim modes don't have buttons on the back and holding reset did nothing. No online for me.....
NoctisVsStar
Member
Where is the patch located at I can't seem to find it, the gta v one that is . Slow moment I know >.<
friskykillface
Banned
You guys should try the "jump straight into GTA online" option in the menu. I did that after getting disconnected from the server and it just threw me in a game with 10K in my bank account and a pre made character
then later i tried making my own character and i made it to the infamous race mission and got stuck, kept getting stuck and then finally after my 5th try i got to race Lamar. It asked me if i wanted to wait and i said "hell no" and raced him myself.
so its just a matter of luck at the moment, really dumb but it'll probably get fixed soon i hope.
to get all the race spots opened up, you gotta do the mission after robbing the convenience store. at that point everything opened up, deathmatch,missions,racing with up to 16 people. it shows it on the map for me.
I still think they should have had a GTA IV style matching making option, for those not interested in the story but oh well.
now to spam shout "fire truck, fire truck, fire truck" in every race match ;P
then later i tried making my own character and i made it to the infamous race mission and got stuck, kept getting stuck and then finally after my 5th try i got to race Lamar. It asked me if i wanted to wait and i said "hell no" and raced him myself.
so its just a matter of luck at the moment, really dumb but it'll probably get fixed soon i hope.
to get all the race spots opened up, you gotta do the mission after robbing the convenience store. at that point everything opened up, deathmatch,missions,racing with up to 16 people. it shows it on the map for me.
I still think they should have had a GTA IV style matching making option, for those not interested in the story but oh well.
now to spam shout "fire truck, fire truck, fire truck" in every race match ;P
I think the matchmaking is still similar if you use "quick job"
Man I love that. Think it should be in singleplayer