So I popped this into my Pro last night after dithering since launch. I figured it couldn’t be that bad after a few patches. I start nomad, climb the comms tower, then decide to walk around the starting few blocks. There’s a guy stuck kneeling a foot off the ground in the middle of the road near the sheriff. I forget about him after some more wandering and run him over (I don’t know if my car was blocking my view of him or I was looking at something else) as I peel out of there to see Jackie. I get the police warning, turn right into the desert, and get reset after driving out of bounds. I don’t know if that reset the police chase or if I had already lost it, given the noted AI problems.
Oh, did I mention the constant stick drift that started as soon as I checked the options and hasn’t stopped even after setting inner deadzone to 25% with two (v2, I think) controllers? It’s a miracle I can drive straight in Gran Turismo.
Reddit says the solution is to plug in my controller. Um, no (not that modern game text size supports sitting that far back from my TV), but how has this survived several patches?
As for the white van ambush that’s in all the
papers YouTube framerate tests... well, at least I get the van. I can’t see anyone hanging out the doors shooting me or even driving. It’s just a white van that’s driving slightly worse than people did in the early months of lockdown. Good thing it’s scripted to crash into the building because my aim was horrendous.
At the end of the next mission, Jackie drives me home. We stop at a (green) light to see the special forces hovership in to take down the carjackers in the middle of the intersection. I’m trying to figure out the source of the red light that’s glowing through his arm when he gestures past the steering wheel toward the action. He turns into what looks like a normal street and then my parking garage (and the rest of the building) materialize as he’s driving into it. It’s the first time I’ve used the video capture on my PS4, just to confirm I wasn’t imagining things.
I believe that if any company will set this right, it’s CDPR, and they’ve certainly made enough with the launch to afford to, but how long will it take?