It’s been over a month since release, three weeks since the last patch, and this game remains an utter waste of time.
I won’t bother enumerating the issues that still exist, you have your own forum here for that, but the last straw is the inexplicable frame drops going from one race to the next. I’ll start at 60fps then, after a race or two, I’m in the 40s. If I back out and try a fresh race, it drops even further. Reload the game, go back to the exact same race, back to 60fps, and the cycle repeats. Add to that, DLSS does not work as it should, if it even works at all. How!? With this company’s experience and resources, how is this a thing!? Completely unacceptable. (i9-10900, 3080, 32GB RAM)
I wish I could convey in words how excited I was for this game; absolutely stoked, but, in the end, it’s nothing more than a massive disappointment which really stands out above all other gaming disappointments I’ve had in recent memory. An absolute face plant.
I suppose the silver lining is that I’ll never fall for another marketing scam again. I’ll never believe the hype, even from those who I would have considered reputable.
Seriously, T10/Microsoft, what the hell are you guys doing? This is your 8th title in the franchise. It feels like the first. Whoever conspired to ship this game, at this price, in this state, should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
I’ll always hope for redemption (my dumb a-- did buy the Premium edition after all), it can happen, but I’m not holding my breath. If this patch is any indication, PC users are not your priority.
So I’m moving on. I won’t be loading this game again until the next patch, at the earliest. And I don’t expect this post to matter, for what it’s worth. I just share it in the infinitesimal hope that it might.