Solid state tech gets you racing faster.
Installing an SSD flash drive to your PlayStation 3 can radically cut down the loading times in Polyphony Digital’s PS3 magnum opus, Gran Turismo 5.
Testing by “Phil” on the Beyond3D forum reveals that in many cases pre-race loading is cut by more than 50 per cent, making the lengthy wait between events that much more tolerable. In all test cases within GT5, there is a considerable improvement.
The experiments were performed on two PS3s – the SSD (a state-of-the-art Corsair F120) was installed into a standard “fat” PlayStation 3, while the hard drive measurements were carried out on a stock PS3 Slim. The improvements in loading performance are somewhat significant, as Phil’s results reveal.