First REAL step in the right direction!?!
So before anyone follows this up with vitriol and venom, this is just my opinion. I respect yours, so please respect mine. Anyways! So it would appear, from my own playtime, and many many others, that this is the first Patch weve gotten that A. Hasnt broken anything major (or minor that weve found so far), and B. Has made a real impact on performance. Also, there were several fixes thay werent even mentioned in Patch Notes (replays fixed again, Redirects in TC are almost perfect, only available bike shown on Track screen, etc.). So on my Ps4 Pro, ive seen a significant difference in Texture loading, screen transitions and Lag/Stuttering. I myself only playtested for 4 hours, but several others on both reg. Ps4 and XBox have said the same. Things arent running perfectly smooth yet, but theres a noticable difference. So heres to hoping that this is truly the first Big Step forward, and things continue to get better from here! The only downside is that again, the PR dept. has made a major blunder. This makes all 4 Seasons having at least one MAJOR incorrect announcement. And this one stung especially bad. The idea of buying a bike with Trials Coins was superb, and gave us a reason to spend the 600,000 coins we have sitting around doing nothing. These mistakes are really demoralizing in the face of everything else. So i remain optimistic that the PR team will triple check their info going forward. Lastly, if any Ubi/RL folks read this far, Please consider implementing Playtesting a track, immediately! This was even advertised by a dev pre-launch. Its causing many Builders to hold off working on really complex tracks. Also, enabling viewable replays on Stadiums. I understand if the Finals arent possible, but X, Super and Duel should be. Alright, enough from me. The TLDR is, we might finally be on track to a better game, and i really hope that everyone is starting to see some of these improvements:)