My personal GT5 experience has been... fine.
If my experience was fine I'd be happy too but it's not and I'm not. I came in here looking for answers to fix my problem, whether or not it has to do with me(i.e. internet, router, ISP's, how far my PS3 is from the T.V.) or whatever. I don't care! I just want it working properly like it was BEFORE THE UPDATE.
I paid Polyphony Digital what they asked for, for their game, on the premise that I could race online. I didn't haggle, I didn't barter, I didn't say that it was too much money for a game, hell, I would have paid $200 for this game because they told me that I could race other drivers around the world, not to race AI's!
"I've had a couple of games with cars not showing up (one battering a guy off the track through lag, unseen to me, resulting in a completely baffling spin right in front of me). I don't have a terrific connection, but it's fine for gaming."
My problem is not lag, that's to be expected.
90-95% of the time(SINCE THE UPDATE) I cannot even get just one race in,
3-4% (SINCE THE UPDATE)I might get in a couple of races
and in the final
1-2% (SINCE THE UPDATE)I might get in 4 or 5 hours and then it will kick me out.
I'm not an unreasonable person but those percentages are certainly unreasonable to me and should be for everyone else, especially PD.
I didn't come in here expecting someone to tell me that "that's the way it is". I was hoping to find or get some kind of feedback on what I could do to try and fix these issues.
I've tried;
port forwarding,
making my IP static,
clearing the catche,
rebooting the router,
rebooting the PS3,
turning the power off,
PS3 is hardwired (always),
using the "recommended button",
sticking with US rooms,
going to rooms with 4 or 5 bars,
going to rooms with less than 10 drivers,
does anybody else have any ideas to try?