guide freezing when playing this game

[GoldenS8int]

hi everyone,

I have a question I was playing this game last night and sometimes when I opened up the guide and sent a message it would freeze. Has this happend to anyone else? Also I had been playing for a while so it could be becuase of the heat not sure. Also After i took the game out and tried sending lots of text messgaes from the dashboard it never froze again weird could It be the game? Thanks to anyone who replys. oh yeah sorry one more thing the funny thing is when the guide freezes the game continues to play lol like the music is still going and you can see the trees going back and forth etc...

[Tam 212]

Yes. Although this issue seems to occur with other games as well. I think this is a general X360 issue. Unfortunately, TDU has more freezing issues than the ~ 30 other titles I have played on X360.

I've had it freeze a numerous times on the GPS Map screen and also when free-riding. When mine freezes, it freezes solid though.

It seems to help if you limit yourself to using the Guide Blade from the pause screen or when you are not actually driving (in house, dealer, club, etc.).

[BLaz]

The only time it froze for me was when I was checking someone's profile in my car club.

[shaken_bacon]

This would happen after I was on my xbox360 awhile I believe it was over heatimg. I picked up an intercooler hasn't even slows down in menu since then

[GoldenS8int]

thanks for the reply so has your guide froze though? and i wasnt doing anything when sending the messages but i wasn't in the pause menu.

[GoldenS8int]

oh ok so is it a known issue by microsoft?

[Tam 212]

I've had freezes all over the place. When calling the Guide to send/reply to friends. I've had the game freeze on me when I was hauling a$$ around an intersection during a Top Model single player mission and the console locked solid.

Like shaken_bacon sez, this might be a console issue. Two of my friends had to return their X360 for the dreaded four red light issue.

[Tam 212]

oh ok so is it a known issue by microsoft?

Known. Most definitely. Since the console debuted. Some consoles seem to be worse than others.

Have M$ done anything about it? Doesn't appear so.

At least defect and warranty claims are being handled, albeit quietly. It is good idea to get some kind of extended warranty like those offered by Best Buy... that way, if/when it does crap out, you can just get a new one without having to go through the 1,001 questions from X360 tech support.

[shaken_bacon]

I recently picked up an intercooler and over the last two days my xbox has been running much better then before maybe it has just been luck but I would deffinatly recomend.

[GoldenS8int]

lol yes ive tried that "intercooler" and well for me at least its caused more problems then it's solved in terms of the "ring of death" and sometimes just not even starting up.

[GoldenS8int]

on a side note: beleive it or not this would happen to be my 4th xbox 360 lol they have all froze at one time or another. actually this is my first 360 that has never froze during a game at all not in this game or any other game i have:) :)

[shaken_bacon]

do you beat your xbox360 with a hose or something :bulb: This is my first time it has frooze before never ring of death though (knocks on wood.) My question is where do you have your xbox located? Is it in a room with little ventalation? is it on a wood floor? in back of a cabnet? If you have gone through four you may want to consider why and if you are threating it fine then:bulb: :bulb: :bulb: horrible luck. I assue they were under warrenty though :cool:

[GoldenS8int]

it's in a very well ventilated area right under my tv;) or in my entertainment table basically not in a closed one though if im making any sense lol, and theres plenty of space for it to breathe nothing blocking air flow. Also the psu supply is above ground (rasied a bit) so air can get around that as well. lol and yes i can assure you i am treating them just fine.

[shaken_bacon]

Thats crazy I mean I knew there were problems heck mine has some but gez to go through 4 you have some bad luck dude :cool:

[GoldenS8int]

that I do I have always had bad luck when it comes to electronics ive had 2 return my fridge twice becuase it stoped keeping the food cold:bulb: lol anyway i call microsoft and they said they that it might be my internet connection of course M$ blame it on something else instead of admitting the problem

[shaken_bacon]

yeah ms is full of crap. Believe me I worked for internet tech support I had a customer saying the internet caused there xbox to die and they didn't have a warrenty and wanted us to pay for it.... yeah makes no sense what so ever.

[GoldenS8int]

so youur saying its prbly not the internet connection? could it be a heating issue i had it on for a few hours.