New GTA Online screens released, Rockstar warns of crashes

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Grand Theft Auto Online goes live next week, Rockstar has warned - the combination of an enormous open world with enormous server loads is unlikely to go smoothly.

"One thing we are already aware of, and are trying to alleviate as fast as we can, is the unanticipated additional pressure on the servers due to a significantly higher number of players than we were anticipating at this point," reads a post on the NewsWire.

"We are working around the clock to buy and add more servers, but this increased scale is only going to make the first few days even more temperamental than such things usually are. This is part of the problem some of you have been experiencing with the iFruit App and some Social Club services - we apologize in advance for this and thank you for your patience in this area.

"More than ever, we need your help to report your experiences, findings, likes, loves, dislikes and hates," it continues. "And we will be looking at your feedback constantly to tune the game into its optimal shape and help guide how Grand Theft Auto Online will grow and evolve past this initial period."

"There will be the typical growing pains for an online game, including but not limited to crashes, glitches, crazy bugs, gameplay modes and mechanics that need re-balancing and other surprises!" adds another paragraph down the page. "Even in GTAV Story Mode, some of you may have seen a few odd and even amusing little glitches out there last week.

"This sort of thing is inevitable in a massive open-world game and there'll surely be lots more unexpected oddities like this in the Online world next week - rest assured we'll be monitoring and actively doing all we can to smooth such things out as they happen, but we need your help to find them, as well as your feedback to help fine tune all of the game's systems so everything is perfectly balanced."





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gmlukensPosted:

Pashtun Sh*t. Oct 1? That's when my college application windows opens. Well looks like I won't be able to get on that day.


You're not going to be the only one not playing on that day :(

PashtunPosted:

Sh*t. Oct 1? That's when my college application windows opens. Well looks like I won't be able to get on that day.

Dr-PonyfilePosted:

Mentalist Just a few more days now, this is going to be EPIC! Rip in peace social life.


I think there will be downtime of around 2-3 hours until it pans out I will definatley be going on GTA Online on the first day and is going to be epic.

MentalistPosted:

Just a few more days now, this is going to be EPIC! Rip in peace social life.

MentalistPosted:

Woobie Can't wait much longer, this should be amazing.


Same here, I can't wait for GTA Online! Looks perfect and I'll spend ALOT of time playing it.

VibeEditzPosted:

To me, it's no excuse, if I were a game developer I would prepare my servers for more people than I expect there to be. You should always be prepared.

WoobiePosted:

Can't wait much longer, this should be amazing.

BoobsonPosted:

4 more days!!

I wonder with the amount of servers they are going to get if it will be enough, hopefully!

_MarkPosted:

I was going to expect gta v online to crash from time to time, it's not a big deal.

soobPosted:

Honestly can not wait for gta online!