The decryption worked without a hitch for me. I didn't upgrade my video drivers just yet, even though I made the requisite post in the announcement box thing on this forum. Performance is solid, although not 60fps, but I'm playing with a 7970 OC at 1440p so I expected somewhere between 30 and 60 anyway. My graphics settings are basically everything on very high, FSAA is on, MSAA and motion blur are off, and I'm using the AMD CSM shadow option.
I've made my way through the first two repo missions, and took the little side mission of towing an abandoned car with the druggie chick across the street from the first safehouse. Other than that, I jacked a somewhat fast car (looks like a Subaru BRZ, sounds like a Nissan 350Z) and did the entire loop of the "island". It's must say that it's nice to have the whole landmass unlocked up front. I came upon a pair of guys having a gunbattle with cops, the guys won so i grabbed the guns dropped by the cops, stole a lifted pickup truck and went offroading for a while.
The graphics are excellent, and as stated earlier, the detail is fantastic. Lots of grass, rocks, foliage, trash and litter, the whole thing looks VERY good. Night time is a treat, the distant lights are great and so are the (partial) reflections in the damp road surfaces and water puddles. Can't wait to put in a few hours and really get o kno