Long Load Times

Nikolai45 · 29-10-2008, 03:02 AM

Hello. GRID's loading times are ludicrously long. The game runs great when it's not taking five minutes to get to the race. The splash screen is on for a rather long time, and beyond that, the intro stutters horribly, like a bad console-to-pc port. It takes a good chunk of time to actually get to the menus. Nothing else is abnormal. Thanks.

Specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 4 gb DDR2, ATI Radeon HD 4870 512mb, Realtek HD Audio. Running on XP 32-bit.

Ballast · 29-10-2008, 04:06 PM

Loading times are probably a factor of the hard drive more than any other part of your computer. Have you tried defragging lately, also do you know what speed your hard drive runs at? That could be a cause.

Nikolai45 · 29-10-2008, 09:31 PM

I DON'T think it's on account of the hard drive. No other games take this long to load. There's got to be some kind of compatibility issue with the game. The only difference between my friend's computer and mine is that my CPU is slower, but I'm not sure how that can account for two to five minute loading times.

bmaytum · 29-10-2008, 10:05 PM

Nikolai45:

I fully agree w/ Ballast you need a full defrag of all drives. But first, I recommend you cleanout any junk files: Start> Run> type "%temp" (w/o quotes), hit Enter; next CTRL+A (to select all files+folders in that Temp folder), then Shift+DEL (to delete them all bypassing Recycle Bin). Also empty your Recycle Bin. Then full Defrag all drives.

Nikolai45 · 30-10-2008, 12:32 AM

It's a shame that I'm not getting any answers beyond the obvious. I was hoping for a game tweak. I'll just have to defrag my computer and see if that alleviates the problem. Thanks anyways.

Purple44 · 30-10-2008, 03:13 AM

You don't have anything running in the background that might be causing the problem, like an anti virus program? It been posted GRID don't get along with lots of programs.

Might use Task Manager to close a lot programs running under your user name and see if that make a difference.

And also try disabling your sound in Device Manager to see if if the sound drivers could be the problem.

Nikolai45 · 30-10-2008, 04:26 PM

Sorry folks, but none of these things help. Like I said before, I'm looking for some kind of game tweak. My computer is in order. This problem doesn't exist for any other of my games.

Thanks for the help so far.

29-10-2008, 03:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
Nikolai45 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: United States of America Posts: 4	Long Load Times Hello. GRID's loading times are ludicrously long. The game runs great when it's not taking five minutes to get to the race. The splash screen is on for a rather long time, and beyond that, the intro stutters horribly, like a bad console-to-pc port. It takes a good chunk of time to actually get to the menus. Nothing else is abnormal. Thanks. Specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 4 gb DDR2, ATI Radeon HD 4870 512mb, Realtek HD Audio. Running on XP 32-bit.

29-10-2008, 04:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ballast Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: England Posts: 242	Loading times are probably a factor of the hard drive more than any other part of your computer. Have you tried defragging lately, also do you know what speed your hard drive runs at? That could be a cause. __________________ Pizza Delivery Service http://pizzadeliveryservice.ipbfree.com

29-10-2008, 10:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
bmaytum Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: No. California USA Posts: 216	Nikolai45: I fully agree w/ Ballast you need a full defrag of all drives. But first, I recommend you cleanout any junk files: Start> Run> type "%temp" (w/o quotes), hit Enter; next CTRL+A (to select all files+folders in that Temp folder), then Shift+DEL (to delete them all bypassing Recycle Bin). Also empty your Recycle Bin. Then full Defrag all drives. __________________ Online racer "Bo-GRiD", "Bo_RD2", "Bo_RD3", "BoNFSUC", "BoNFSShift", "Bo_TDU". Asus P5N32-E mobo, C2D E8400 @ 3GHz, 1x Asus 8800GT/512MB, 4 x1GB DDR2, G25 Wheel+Pedals, Dualboot Win7x64 Pro & PCLinuxOS 2009. Seti @ Home Stats: http://www.boincstats.com/signature/...6_project0.gif Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein

30-10-2008, 03:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
Purple44 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Eastern Washington, USA Posts: 3,688	You don't have anything running in the background that might be causing the problem, like an anti virus program? It been posted GRID don't get along with lots of programs. Might use Task Manager to close a lot programs running under your user name and see if that make a difference. And also try disabling your sound in Device Manager to see if if the sound drivers could be the problem. __________________ Damn I'm going have to Boycott buying DIRT 2 now until GFWL issue get resolve in a fair manner for players that bought DIRT 2. Don't feel right buying DIRT 2 if others are getting screwed out of their hard earn dollars. GFWL stole my game Please Codemasters and Microsoft fix this injustice to online racing! Let the WHOLE world race online like we do with GRID and Flatout 2!! Will F1 use GFWL?

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29-10-2008, 09:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
Nikolai45 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: United States of America Posts: 4	I DON'T think it's on account of the hard drive. No other games take this long to load. There's got to be some kind of compatibility issue with the game. The only difference between my friend's computer and mine is that my CPU is slower, but I'm not sure how that can account for two to five minute loading times.

30-10-2008, 12:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
Nikolai45 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: United States of America Posts: 4	It's a shame that I'm not getting any answers beyond the obvious. I was hoping for a game tweak. I'll just have to defrag my computer and see if that alleviates the problem. Thanks anyways.

30-10-2008, 04:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
Nikolai45 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: United States of America Posts: 4	Sorry folks, but none of these things help. Like I said before, I'm looking for some kind of game tweak. My computer is in order. This problem doesn't exist for any other of my games. Thanks for the help so far.