Don't know about the gamepad thing, hate using them so wouldn't know, but after just putting in my first session with patch 1.6 and the memory leak hotfix, it appears they've already adequately alleviated most of the stuttering and completely resolved the memory leak.
The only place I get hitching now is just a very brief moment when a new segment of map textures stream in, and slight movement micro stutter when momentum is killed by huffing it up grades. It's barely anything compared to before though. The RAM usage also stayed under 3.5 GB my whole session.
Haven't tested elephant riding or Armed Escort missions yet, but Buzzer flying and land vehicle driving don't have hitching anymore, so I doubt those will either. One of the ultimate tests will be the racing events though, which I've not tried yet.
Played some more, this time doing most of the races needed for completion (only had done one). Races were quite annoying for me before, due to all the stuttering.
With patch 1.6 and the mem leak hotfix they are smooth as butter now. When exiting game and checking Task Manager, my RAM usage was still quite low, just under 3.75 GB.
On PC it should have been an automatic download via Steam or Uplay. If you're playing in offline mode, next time you launch, make sure you go online to get all the latest updates before switching back to offline.Originally Posted by arias51 Go to original post
Note that the mem leak hotfix is only a 39MB file and will not change the patch version number. I'm pretty sure you need to be at v1.6 for it to apply though, which you can check in the lower left of the intro screen.
I'm glad you posted this because I realize now I've been mistakenly calling the hotfix a mem leak fix. Patch 1.6 had the mem leak fix but introduced the Karma 8 save glitch. The 39MB hotfix followed soon after patch 1.6 and THAT is what fixes the karma 8 save bug.Originally Posted by arias51 Go to original post
So you test for patch 1.6 via bottom left of intro screen, and whether it's mem leak tweak is working via Task Manager while the game is minimized. The only way to test if you have the hotfix is get to karma 8 and try to save.
Sorry for the confusion, between all the patches and the Christmas/New Year holidays, my brain's been working overtime.