Polyphony boss Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed an update to Gran Turismo 5�s online will go live this weekend.
Speaking to
Eurogamer, following the
game�s online segment stuffing up with massive launch traffic last night, Yamauchi said the update will go live this Saturday, and will �refine the usability of the game to make it a better experience.�
�We received a lot of demands for having more regulations placed on the online play. We�re going to perform an update on the 27th that will include things like max power restrictions and weight restrictions,� Yamauchi said.
�It�s like a living creature, dynamically growing as we speak. I think it�s going to be hard to find an end to that process.�
On yesterday�s problems, Yamauchi said: �The data centre was set up to handle 500,000 connections but the number of connections we received greatly exceeded that amount and there was a high chance of experiencing problems as a result.
�The design of the GT game really integrates the online and offline parts. So the problems online actually affected the offline play as well.
�Right now we�ve changed the number of simultaneous connections that are possible to one million, doubling the number, and we�re trying to gauge what will happen, but we don�t know at this point in time.�
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