Owners of older Xbox 360 consoles are reporting freeze and crashing errors when playing Grand Theft Auto V.

According to a number of members of unofficial forum GTAforums (via Kotaku), the problems usually occur during the first driving section of GTAV featuring Franklin.

It appears the vast majority of complaints are being made by players with consoles manufactured or refurbished between 2006 and 2008.

"Once the driving portion of Franklin's first mission starts, the game randomly freezes, forcing me to reboot the Xbox," the first complaint reads.

"There is no precursor for the game locking up, it appears to happen completely randomly and at different times during the mission. It has locked up on me early in the mission when Franklin's buddy calls up on the cell phone just after the driving starts. It has locked up during the second portion of the driving mission when the cops are chasing. I'm not sure what to do."

Later, the user reported that he had contacted Rockstar technical support with the issue and was told that "they are still in the process of gathering data and trying to determine if this is something that is patchable".

Until then, another forum user received this advice from Xbox technical support, and claims it solved the problem for them.

1. Delete all GTAV game data.
2. Clear system cache three times.
3. Delete marketplace data from storage system items.
4. Unplug console for three minutes.
5. Install disc 1.
6. Power off, do not insert disc 2.
7. Restart.
8. Install disc 2.
9. Play.

Posted: Sep 23, 2013 9:12 am
Related Forum: Grand Theft Auto Forum

Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/430465/gta-v-crash-errors-reported-on-older-xbox-360-consoles/