i got the game after having enough comments in this thread, i have to say the game runs smoothly for 3 weeks now. No troubles whatsoever. I do have the 60 gb ps3 starter pack that came with resistance and motorstorm. Something weird happened to me once though, i was entering a room and then all the polygons in the game crashed down on me and the camera was inside bellic so i could see his eye balls from inside his body this lasted for 5 seconds then the game got back to normal. Other than that the game has some weird "flaws" like for example when you see a motorcycle waiting for a street light with its front wheel laying on the trunk of a car, and when everybody smashes through light poles and breaking signals with the police standing doing nothing. Other than that everything looks alright.