Gran Turismo 5 Optional Install takes up to 50 minutes.(Update)

According to what is probably the biggest forum post on the game ever on GTPlanet from Amar212, the install for Gran Turismo 5 will take over 50 minutes to complete.
Amar claims his install was done in 40 minutes, though.
Not only that, the install will take up a massive 6.4Gb on your hard drive.
You may remember Amar provided these subtle hints to the game last April before its official unveil at E3 two months later.

CyberpunkCentral wrote:DemonWolf is going to make a thread about this over at the Republic

MEGAlan wrote:50 minutes for a 6.4 GB install? WTF On the 360 it takes maybe 5 minutes to fully install a 7 GB game.

MEGAlan wrote:50 minutes for a 6.4 GB install? WTF On the 360 it takes maybe 5 minutes to fully install a 7 GB game.

CyberpunkCentral wrote:

MEGAlan wrote:50 minutes for a 6.4 GB install? WTF On the 360 it takes maybe 5 minutes to fully install a 7 GB game.

There is no game on Xbox 360 that can compare to "Gran Turismo 5" scale.

Even a tech fan like yourself should know that

Zillah wrote:

MEGAlan wrote:50 minutes for a 6.4 GB install? WTF On the 360 it takes maybe 5 minutes to fully install a 7 GB game.

Don't install it then.
Long installs isn't new.

CyberpunkCentral wrote:Wait doesn't "Gran Turismo 5" uses the whole Blu-ray space?

CyberpunkCentral wrote:

MEGAlan wrote:50 minutes for a 6.4 GB install? WTF On the 360 it takes maybe 5 minutes to fully install a 7 GB game.

There is no game on Xbox 360 that can compare to "Gran Turismo 5" scale.

Even a tech fan like yourself should know that

MEGAlan wrote:

CyberpunkCentral wrote:

MEGAlan wrote:50 minutes for a 6.4 GB install? WTF On the 360 it takes maybe 5 minutes to fully install a 7 GB game.

There is no game on Xbox 360 that can compare to "Gran Turismo 5" scale.

Even a tech fan like yourself should know that

You don't know crap. You think quality and quantity of the content is all related.

I'd imagine that the game is more or less 10 GBs of game content, and only 6.4 GBs of it can be installed onto the HDD. 6.4 GBs is 6.4 GBs of content, no matter what the game's quality is. 6.4 GBs in 50 minutes? That's rediculous. Some people's internet can install that faster.

Zillah wrote:

MEGAlan wrote:50 minutes for a 6.4 GB install? WTF On the 360 it takes maybe 5 minutes to fully install a 7 GB game.

Don't install it then.
Long installs isn't new.

You are going to eventually have to install it in chunks as you progress through the game.

SlySonji wrote:

MEGAlan wrote:

CyberpunkCentral wrote:

MEGAlan wrote:50 minutes for a 6.4 GB install? WTF On the 360 it takes maybe 5 minutes to fully install a 7 GB game.

There is no game on Xbox 360 that can compare to "Gran Turismo 5" scale.

Even a tech fan like yourself should know that

You don't know crap. You think quality and quantity of the content is all related.

I'd imagine that the game is more or less 10 GBs of game content, and only 6.4 GBs of it can be installed onto the HDD. 6.4 GBs is 6.4 GBs of content, no matter what the game's quality is. 6.4 GBs in 50 minutes? That's rediculous. Some people's internet can install that faster.

Zillah wrote:

MEGAlan wrote:50 minutes for a 6.4 GB install? WTF On the 360 it takes maybe 5 minutes to fully install a 7 GB game.

Don't install it then.
Long installs isn't new.

You are going to eventually have to install it in chunks as you progress through the game.

People's internet can download 6.4GB files in 50 minutes?


I should steal that super-computer's internet.

Reaper wrote:Some of you guys make it sound like you will have to do this everytime you put GT5 into your PS3.

Also its not a mandatory install.

And one more thing, its 50 mins...not a week. You could start installing it then go have a quick work-out or do some forum posting and come back when its done...you dont have to sit there and watch it install 1 byte at a time.

Zillah wrote:

Reaper wrote:Some of you guys make it sound like you will have to do this everytime you put GT5 into your PS3.

Also its not a mandatory install.

And one more thing, its 50 mins...not a week. You could start installing it then go have a quick work-out or do some forum posting and come back when its done...you dont have to sit there and watch it install 1 byte at a time.

Yeah, it's not even mandatory. If you do it, YOU KNOW it's 50 mins.

MEGAlan wrote:

Zillah wrote:

Reaper wrote:Some of you guys make it sound like you will have to do this everytime you put GT5 into your PS3.

Also its not a mandatory install.

And one more thing, its 50 mins...not a week. You could start installing it then go have a quick work-out or do some forum posting and come back when its done...you dont have to sit there and watch it install 1 byte at a time.

Yeah, it's not even mandatory. If you do it, YOU KNOW it's 50 mins.

You have to install it in chunks either way. I'd rather install it all in one go instead of having ten or so 5 minute installs every couple of hours of gameplay.

I don't mind the size of the update. I'm just confused as to why a 6 GB install would take almost an hour to install if it's straight off the disc.

After I thought about it though, it could be that it takes a little longer for the Blu-ray disc reader to seek the bits and parts of data that needs to be installed rather than just copying all of the data onto the HDD. This is just my theory though.