New GTA Online screens released, Rockstar warns of crashes

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Grand Theft Auto Online goes live next week, Rockstar has warned - the combination of an enormous open world with enormous server loads is unlikely to go smoothly.

"One thing we are already aware of, and are trying to alleviate as fast as we can, is the unanticipated additional pressure on the servers due to a significantly higher number of players than we were anticipating at this point," reads a post on the NewsWire.

"We are working around the clock to buy and add more servers, but this increased scale is only going to make the first few days even more temperamental than such things usually are. This is part of the problem some of you have been experiencing with the iFruit App and some Social Club services - we apologize in advance for this and thank you for your patience in this area.

"More than ever, we need your help to report your experiences, findings, likes, loves, dislikes and hates," it continues. "And we will be looking at your feedback constantly to tune the game into its optimal shape and help guide how Grand Theft Auto Online will grow and evolve past this initial period."

"There will be the typical growing pains for an online game, including but not limited to crashes, glitches, crazy bugs, gameplay modes and mechanics that need re-balancing and other surprises!" adds another paragraph down the page. "Even in GTAV Story Mode, some of you may have seen a few odd and even amusing little glitches out there last week.

"This sort of thing is inevitable in a massive open-world game and there'll surely be lots more unexpected oddities like this in the Online world next week - rest assured we'll be monitoring and actively doing all we can to smooth such things out as they happen, but we need your help to find them, as well as your feedback to help fine tune all of the game's systems so everything is perfectly balanced."





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Source: http://www.oxm.co.uk/63044/new-gta-online-screens-released-rockstar-warns-of-crashes-glitches-crazy-bugs-and-other-surprises/

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xsuperxsmashxPosted:

So why not release the online over the weekend as thats when it will be the busiest and take things from there?

MSXPosted:

cant wait to play this game online it will be amazing.

Watch_DogsPosted:

They aren't new screenshots they were in the trailer lol, also I think they should let country after country, that might make the servers a bit smoother than 500,000 connecting at once haha.
Also what is the UK time the servers will be up?

SkreamiesPosted:

I don't mind if there's problems with the severs for the first few days, it's to be expected.

xProGamerzPosted:

Looking forward to this. :)

MentalistPosted:

This looks awesome, I can't wait for GTA Online!