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I have only recently started using a PC for games, and am getting very frustrated with Steam. Is it awful or have I just got it set up wrong?
I wanted to play Project Cars tonight. It won't allow me to play the current version, and instead seems to force an update, which will take hours because it is downloading at 11k per second! How do I just revert to playing the version I have paid for?
Unless I am really into a game, I only tend to play for half an hour or so every so often. This proved impossible wth the PS4 and Xbox One because of massive forced updates, I am hoping the PC would be different
I wanted to play Project Cars tonight. It won't allow me to play the current version, and instead seems to force an update, which will take hours because it is downloading at 11k per second! How do I just revert to playing the version I have paid for?
Unless I am really into a game, I only tend to play for half an hour or so every so often. This proved impossible wth the PS4 and Xbox One because of massive forced updates, I am hoping the PC would be different
Thanks. Too late for this time, I think, because it won't let me play even with offline mode on.
Even more annoyingly, if I leave it to it's own devices, the download automatically pauses, so I have to keep checking up on it! It has hit 16% in two hours and is now up to 20k.
Why is is ti so slow? Is there a premium equivalent that can be paid for?
Even more annoyingly, if I leave it to it's own devices, the download automatically pauses, so I have to keep checking up on it! It has hit 16% in two hours and is now up to 20k.
Why is is ti so slow? Is there a premium equivalent that can be paid for?
In steam settings double check your download region.
Click steam top left > Settings > Downloads.
If you are set to your local download region e.g. London, you can try changing it to Ireland. Sometimes you can find a less congested line.
Also if you are finding the download has auto paused, its usually because the connection was dropping out so it holds then tries again.
Click steam top left > Settings > Downloads.
If you are set to your local download region e.g. London, you can try changing it to Ireland. Sometimes you can find a less congested line.
Also if you are finding the download has auto paused, its usually because the connection was dropping out so it holds then tries again.
Steam is very good normally. I've got a 5mbs download speed at the moment, under 15 minutes for 3.8gb. I normally leave it running all the time with updates set to go in the background so it doesn't just do an update when I try and launch the game.
As above, check you are in the right region and set the upgrades to background rather than launch.
As above, check you are in the right region and set the upgrades to background rather than launch.
Thanks all.
I don't think that it is the sale causing my slow download problems specifically. I downloaded GTA5 a few weeks ago and it took a couple of days at similar speeds. I know it is a large download, but it doesn't really feel like 2015 (until you are playing it!). Project Cars took almost as long and I had that on disk.
I left the update going overnight in the end and it had just finished, so looks as though I might gat a game on it tonight.
I will try switching my region to see if that improves speeds at all.
I don't think that it is the sale causing my slow download problems specifically. I downloaded GTA5 a few weeks ago and it took a couple of days at similar speeds. I know it is a large download, but it doesn't really feel like 2015 (until you are playing it!). Project Cars took almost as long and I had that on disk.
I left the update going overnight in the end and it had just finished, so looks as though I might gat a game on it tonight.
I will try switching my region to see if that improves speeds at all.
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