Loading Times

[HBK]

I did some loading times tests, thought I'd share them

Times shall be read : Installed vs Not installed

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Starting from "start race" menu inside a "1 on 1" event on the ring.

Hire Driver : 11s vs 11.6s
Fire Driver : 10.7s vs 11.4s

Difficulty Change 1 : 11.7s vs 11.7s
Difficulty Change 2 : 10.8s vs 11.6s

Restart Race : 12.6s vs 12.9s

Back to Menu : 7.1s vs 11.3s

Load 1 on 1 w/ traffic : 37.3s vs 47.6s

Back to Menu : 6.7s vs 10.7s

Load Autocross : 17.5s vs 22.5s

Back to Menu : 6.5s vs 10.5s

Load Race w/ 11 AI : 37.9s vs 48.2s

Load Homespace (time to display Homespace from start menu) : 3s vs 3.5s
Change Car (time to display changed car in Homespace) : 3.9s vs 5.2s

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Please bear in mind that these test are not exhaustive and were recorded with a basic stopwatch

 

[Bogie 19th]

Those are some substantial improvements. Nice work and thanks for doing that.

 

[rtsbasic]

Wow, never realised it was almost a minute for a track with full AI to load. Time to install!

 

[omgitsbees]

Thank you very much for this research and putting in the time and effort to do all of this testing. This is actually really useful information. 👍

 

[Thebeast2011]

It might be the network traffic

 

[imported_barryl85]

Nice work HBK !

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

I install EVERY single game I play on the 360.

1. reduces wear and tear on 360
2. reduces chances of scratching disk
3. reduces heat
4. reduces noise
5. reduces some bugs in games
6. reduces load time in most games

 

[imported_Mr.Farva]

I have a 4GB Xbox how much room is needed?

 

[E28]

I have a 4GB Xbox how much room is needed?

For the 2nd disc, about 2.6gb I believe. If you want to install both discs, it'll be over 12gb.

 

[stevetam]

You can pick up a "black market" drive for pretty cheap. I just went to a gamestop (I'm up in Canada) and for $20 I picked up an old 20 and shoved it in just for forza (although I had to take it apart to shove it into the xbox). I have all of Disc 1 + 2 + Battlefield 3 Texture pack with 1gb left on the drive. With the extra 3gb of space + a USB I have more than enough for DLC.

I guess anything space intensive will have to go into the ps3 from now on though.

 

[eeks]

I have a 4GB Xbox how much room is needed?

Get a fake 250gb or 320gb drive from eBay. There is a guy in Austin, TX that sets them up using hddhackr and sells them there.

 

[stevetam]

Well I don't want to break AUP, but there are many non-official HDD's available. I went the 'bok bok bok" chicken route and got an official drive and shoved it in. Anything north or the 20gb drive and I would seriously consider buying a non-OEM drive