Der erste Patch behebt diverse Fehler, unter anderem im Grafik-, Audio- und Mehrspielerbereich, und beinhaltet darüber hinaus einige weitere Verbesserungen.
Hier eine Auflistung der in diesem Patch enthaltenen Updates (Liste nur auf Englisch verfügbar):
-Shader 2.0 shadow fix
-Player change button disabled when rewinding Time Attack Replay
-Thread-safe network statistics
-Timeout for network start-up
-Improved Ghost Upload
-Graphical Shadow improvement
-Improved Ghost car behaviour when online
-Loading screen correction after failed ghost upload
-Ghost file handling improvement
-Ghost upload no longer takes place when rank is below 100
-Cursor fix on On-Screen Keyboard used for chat
-Leaderboard fixes to place '?' until leaderboard update takes place
-Fix to allow online ghosts to be accessible
-Head to Head user interface fix for overlapping icon
-User Interface flow issue fixed
-Shadows and Motion blur removed from Front End
-Fix for lock buffer exception crash
-Improvements to the Chat system
-Online Session update fix
-Improved game compatibility
-Online fix for connectivity
-Fix for displaying total car miles
-Improved online game search
-Timeout added to account creation and deletion
-Front end flow improved for Head to Head
-Account creation timeout fixed
-Connection dropout handling improved
-Uploading and Downloading Ghosts fixed
-Account Sign In fix
-Legal Screens can no longer be skipped
-Improved language support
-Missing icon replaced in Front End
-Icons fixed for Russian distributions
-Alt-F4 now handled more gracefully
-Improved online experience with updated server data
-Blank leaderboard fixed
-Sign In buttons fixed
-Updated Chat menu
-Chat file handling fix
-Gamer Pictures added to online experience
-Text Scaling fix in Front End menu system
-Chatting whilst going into an online race fixed
-Audio loading moved to improve performance
-Improved Alt-TAB support
-Online Menu update in Front End
-Leaderboard caching to improve leaderboard performance
-Aspect Ratio in Launcher corrected and filtered
-Flashing Textures fixed
-Graphic tab in launcher layout improved
-Audio fix to Front End
-Fix for exiting the game with an Xbox 360 Controller
-Fix for car mud at low resolutions causing a crash
-Improved PC Clock update accuracy
-Main menu and Pause menu audio matched
-Co-Driver audio faded out on entering menus
-Fix for race not starting in specific circumstances in lobby
-Audio fix for post race glitches
-Multiplayer online championship points reset between championships
-Lap counter fixed in online games
-Online game searches fixed when a large number of games exist
-Font corrections for hi resolution displays
-Front end flow to highlight correct menu item in lobby
-Shadow improvements
-Game Launcher improvements
-Improved game clock synchronisation
-Improved Xbox 360 Controller support
-SSE1 Optimisations
-Head to Head enabled
-Bonnet flash between camera cuts fixed
-Glow reset between races
-Front end fixes for help text
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28.09.2007
