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Rockstar Games has released patches today for Grand Theft Auto IV for the PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360™. These patches fix the issues we have identified for each system, specifically multiplayer connectivity issues including freezes during certain modes, continuation when players leave matches, and bugs within races and race lobbies.

We sincerely apologize for any inconveniences and thank you for your continued support. For any consumer still experiencing issues, please contact support.
1. Fixed an issue where players were unable to enter or exit vehicles in GTA Race.
2. Fixed an issue where scripted vehicles were causing games to unexpectedly crash.
3. Improved reliability and frequency of PS3™ online leaderboard updates.
4. Fixed a rare hang some players encountered when moving from a Race or GTA Race lobby into gameplay.
5. Fixed a hang that would occur when players were switching teams during the countdown in the lobby.
6. Fixed an issue where players were able to get ridiculously high scores from Cops 'n Crooks matches.
7. Changed GTA Race and Race so that the last player remaining always receives a reward of $250.
8. Fixed an issue where spectating players would prevent the game from finishing.
9. Fixed an issue where players were unable to spectate in Round 2 of Cops 'n Crooks games.
10. Changed countdown timer in lobby so that it no longer resets when new players join a game.
11. Changed the kick option so that kicked players are no longer brought back to single player.

[Master Yoda]

I found the patch to be useless and am totally disappointed - there are so many issues they need to sort out.

All the multiplayer crashes I was getting before are still happening. I constantly have to reset my machine.

Half the time when I try to join a multiplayer game, it bypasses the game lobby and goes straight into an online game that's just started(!). I end up starting in spectator mode and can't do anything or join the game - I have to return to single player to get out of it and restart multiplayer which is really annoying(!). Also, after starting an online race the screen sometimes goes blindingly bright for some reason - the graphics are still running, but just as if the contrast has been increased 100 times. I can barely look at the screen it's so bad and can't see where I'm going. After about 5 mins if you stay with it, it returns to normal - this actually happens quite alot for me and isn't a rare problem. Also about 1 in every 10 times I start a race, there is no SFX whatsoever, only music - this happens randomly too. All the probs above happen all the time and the second patch has still done nothing to rectify any of this. Anyone else notice this happening to them(??) - Can't imagine I'm alone with these problems as it happens constantly and all my other games work OK.

In the first online game I played since downloading the patch I even ended up driving 'through' a solid brick wall into an area I couldn't drive out of... which has never happened to me before and doesn't fill me with confidence.

Also - I find I can't get into cars alot of the time too - the car stops (if moving) but my character doesn't do anything and just stands next to it even if I press the button repeatedly - Usually have to find a different car immediately or someone runs me over...

The poor online framerate and speech volume issues haven't been tackled by this patch either, which I cannot understand.

My overall rating of this patch - 0/10.

[thefunkmiester]

The only REAL issue I have with multiplayer is not being able to get into cars sometimes which this patch should have fixed but it hasnt. Its only a minor gripe though...

[teggs]

do you mean not being able to get into cars full stop or it just takes longer than it should or sometimes takes 2 attempts?

[thefunkmiester]

cannot get in, full stop. have to go and find another. Its usually with cars that have been abandoned by the driver.