Shift 2 help.

[TrdScionxB2]

Hey everyone. First of all, my problem is my shift 2 game freezes up a lot. Does anybody know why my game would freeze up so much? Its annoying. The disk is in great condition. & what is a good steering wheel setup for a g27 in this game? The steering is to floppy & sensitive at the same time.

 

[MoLiEG]

Reinstall it? Maybe??

 

[TrdScionxB2]

Reinstall it? Maybe??

I could try that, maybe. I have the special edition or whatever it's called with the 4 free cars. But if I can't get my free cars again I probably won't do it. I've had a freezing problem with dirt 2, dirt 3, granturismo 5, & shift 2. All but shift 2 is doing better. Weirdly my scratched ps2 games seem to work better then my good ps3 games.

 

[zuperkiwi]

If psn is offline the game freezes a lot; don't know if that was the case?
Unplug your internet cable and it works fine.
If not during psn offline, I can't help you

 

[TrdScionxB2]

If psn is offline the game freezes a lot; don't know if that was the case?
Unplug your internet cable and it works fine.
If not during psn offline, I can't help you

It freezes up online or offline, it doesn't matter. & I use wifi to play on my ps3.

 

[Velaxi]

I don't own one of these consoles but Occam's Razor says try the simple things first.
So... try cleaning it (vacuum cleaner not forced air) and/or pointing a fairly powerful house fan at it while it's running.

(If the console is in a cabinet that's where I'd put my bet...)

 

[BLJK Ice]

If your ps3 freezes it might mean your laser is damaged or the reader is dirty. I had the problem twice with my old fat ps3 i had it cleaned the first time and on the second time i needed to change the laser to read games that's why i bought the new one. If your ps3 is new then still try to check they can give you a warranty.

 

[TrdScionxB2]

I don't own one of these consoles but Occam's Razor says try the simple things first.
So... try cleaning it (vacuum cleaner not forced air) and/or pointing a fairly powerful house fan at it while it's running.

(If the console is in a cabinet that's where I'd put my bet...)

We haven't tried a vacuum cleaner before. & I used to use a fan on it. I can try that again. Thanks

 

[TrdScionxB2]

If your ps3 freezes it might mean your laser is damaged or the reader is dirty. I had the problem twice with my old fat ps3 i had it cleaned the first time and on the second time i needed to change the laser to read games that's why i bought the new one. If your ps3 is new then still try to check they can give you a warranty.

Well, it is a old fat ps3. & it has been worked on by Sony twice already I think. Just because it wouldn't work. How much would it cost to get someone to check the laser on it ?

 

[BLJK Ice]

Well, it is a old fat ps3. & it has been worked on by Sony twice already I think. Just because it wouldn't work. How much would it cost to get someone to check the laser on it ?

I got mine checked for free by my friend he told me i would have to buy some laser things that read the disk when i decided to buy a new one because i wanted the new one for some reason. But i'm not telling you to buy one yet because it might be a different problem and if it is you might end up wasting $250+

 

[TrdScionxB2]

I got mine checked for free by my friend he told me i would have to buy some laser things that read the disk when i decided to buy a new one because i wanted the new one for some reason. But i'm not telling you to buy one yet because it might be a different problem and if it is you might end up wasting $250+

Well, I probably wouldn't put any more money in my ps3 unless it was cheap, but I don't want a new ps3 either. I like that I can play ps2/ps1 games on my old ps3. We already had to pay Sony to do something to it twice I'm pretty sure, Which I don't know what they did to it anyway. I know after they fixed it once all my memory was gone

 

[MoLiEG]

Your PS3 must be the problem if more than 1 game freezes... you really need to have it checked by a pro in the matter if you don't want to spend 250 dollars in a new one...

 

[TrdScionxB2]

Your PS3 must be the problem if more than 1 game freezes... you really need to have it checked by a pro in the matter if you don't want to spend 250 dollars in a new one...

Where should I take it to be checked? But it is weird that shift 2 freezes up like every 5-10 minutes of playing, & other games are a lot less frequent.

 

[MoLiEG]

Maybe to Sony or a PlayStation Store??? I don't know how warranties work on other countries, but I was told that if my PS3 had some sort of problem, I should take it to the store were I bought it so they could help me find someone qualified by Sony to fix it...

 

[TrdScionxB2]

Maybe to Sony or a PlayStation Store??? I don't know how warranties work on other countries, but I was told that if my PS3 had some sort of problem, I should take it to the store were I bought it so they could help me find someone qualified by Sony to fix it...

Well, I bought it from GameStop a long time ago. & I don't know how long a warranty lasts but we had to pay for mine to get fixed so I would say it isn't under warranty. Today I tried the game & it didn't freeze up while playing, but that's probably because the room was cool today that I was playing in & I haven't played my ps3 in a little while before today. But shift 2 is still a pretty disappointing game even if it works.

 

[sesselpupser]

It could also be a hard drive problem. I wouldn't recommend using a vacuum cleaner on it, they tend to generate static electricity which is obviously bad, and I also wouldn't point a fan at it because you'll probably just end up blowing the hot air which is trying to leave back into the case. It's probably not even overheating anyway!

 

[TrdScionxB2]

It could also be a hard drive problem. I wouldn't recommend using a vacuum cleaner on it, they tend to generate static electricity which is obviously bad, and I also wouldn't point a fan at it because you'll probably just end up blowing the hot air which is trying to leave back into the case. It's probably not even overheating anyway!

Well. I can hear the fans in the ps3 working hard sometimes. But I don't know what is causing the problem with some games. Yesterday the game worked great, no freezing. It's kind of interesting how the ps3 has picked certain games to freeze up on.

 

[Animal_Mother]

There is nothing wrong with your PS3. This game is bugged and was never properly patched by EA. There's only 4 pages of threads in this forum, if you would just go through them first you would find the answers you're looking for, including your issue with the steering settings.

 

[Stephen220378]

Sounds like the best thing that can happen to an absolutely dire racing game like Shift 2 if it doesn't work so you don't have to play it.

Anyway back to your problem, it's most likely a dirty lens, for some unknown reason it affects some games and doesn't at all with others, in my case it's always GT5 and Battlefield 3 that suffer first. What I do is just disassemble my ps3 and the BR drive and clean the lens using a microfibre cloth and lens cleaning fluid and everything works again as normal (don't do this if it's still under warranty, send it back to Sony instead for a replacement PS3)

I've sorted my own PS3 and 3 of mates PS3's as well by doing this so it's obviously a very common problem and with the dust and crap you see inside them it's no wonder really.

 

[Animal_Mother]

Sounds like the best thing that can happen to an absolutely dire racing game like Shift 2 if it doesn't work so you don't have to play it.

Anyway back to your problem, it's most likely a dirty lens, for some unknown reason it affects some games and doesn't at all with others, in my case it's always GT5 and Battlefield 3 that suffer first. What I do is just disassemble my ps3 and the BR drive and clean the lens using a microfibre cloth and lens cleaning fluid and everything works again as normal (don't do this if it's still under warranty, send it back to Sony instead for a replacement PS3)

I've sorted my own PS3 and 3 of mates PS3's as well by doing this so it's obviously a very common problem and with the dust and crap you see inside them it's no wonder really.

I would like to refer you to my previous post DIRECTLY ABOVE YOURS that explains exactly what the REAL problem is.

TrdScionxB2, DO NOT take your PS3 apart, as it is COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=201599

 

[ussr]

Game is badly written for ps3. And either if it's fat or slim and if it runs from disc or it's completely installed on HDD it crashes the same way. I've checked that on both my ps3.

It's just badly coded game :/

 

[Stephen220378]

I would like to refer you to my previous post DIRECTLY ABOVE YOURS that explains exactly what the REAL problem is.

TrdScionxB2, DO NOT take your PS3 apart, as it is COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=201599

The OP has already stated that it's not just Shift 2 that freezes and crashes and it indeed happens with other games. Your theory (because that's all it is and certainly not the "REAL problem") would be credible if Shift 2 was the only game that's freezing and crashing but it's not and games which worked fine before but suddenly start crashing suggest a hardware problem. You should read what the OP is saying before randomly blaming one game, especially since the Shift 2 crashing and freezing problem is greatly over exaggerated, especially on internet forums.

As I have stated, I've sorted 4 PS3's all suffering this problem by simply cleaning the lens. I merely gave the OP my advice based on my experience with this problem, whether he decides to follow that advice is entirely up to him and to be quite honest it's neither here nor there to me if he doesn't. Indeed, if he isn't comfortable disassembling the PS3 himself he could take it to a computer repair shop and ask them to do it for him, I'm sure they wouldn't overcharge for a 20 minute task of cleaning a lens

 

[TrdScionxB2]

I would like to refer you to my previous post DIRECTLY ABOVE YOURS that explains exactly what the REAL problem is.

TrdScionxB2, DO NOT take your PS3 apart, as it is COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=201599

I would probably never take my ps3 apart because I would be afraid of ruining it & I might not get it back together again

 

[TrdScionxB2]

The OP has already stated that it's not just Shift 2 that freezes and crashes and it indeed happens with other games. Your theory (because that's all it is and certainly not the "REAL problem") would be credible if Shift 2 was the only game that's freezing and crashing but it's not and games which worked fine before but suddenly start crashing suggest a hardware problem. You should read what the OP is saying before randomly blaming one game, especially since the Shift 2 crashing and freezing problem is greatly over exaggerated, especially on internet forums.

As I have stated, I've sorted 4 PS3's all suffering this problem by simply cleaning the lens. I merely gave the OP my advice based on my experience with this problem, whether he decides to follow that advice is entirely up to him and to be quite honest it's neither here nor there to me if he doesn't. Indeed, if he isn't comfortable disassembling the PS3 himself he could take it to a computer repair shop and ask them to do it for him, I'm sure they wouldn't overcharge for a 20 minute task of cleaning a lens

Well I have had more then one game have freezing problems. Dirt 2 was bad first I think & then dirt 3 & GT5 froze up, & shift 2 has been the most recent game to freeze. I wouldn't take my ps3 apart But maybe taking it somewhere to have the lens cleaned could maybe be done.