Can someone explain to me why the NA release was delayed until the 19th if there hasn't been a update in nearly a month, it seems odd .... I guess one can only assume they were planning a patch before the 19th.
I'm enjoying the Sim and I'll enjoy it more over time I'm sure

The US release was probably delayed to fix performance issues. There was about 3 patches before the US release that greatly improved performance and fixed bugs. I'm sure they are working on more patches and will have them available as fast as humanly possible, but its going to take many more months of patches to fix all the bugs and add missing features. In the mean time there is plenty of content to learn and enjoy, while waiting.

Chivas, if i was ever shipwrecked on a island and wanted someone to keep my moral up it would be you mate. :)

optimism :)

Is there always a Beta before the actual patch comes out?

We haven't seen a Beta for this upcoming fix, correct.

How do we know? luthier stopped to post news... so only him know :grin:

No word on the Beta yet.

Luthier stopped by two or three days ago saying all is well and they are working on the sim. Not sure what more he can tell you. He has to be very carefull what he says in particular as its immediatly taken as a promise written in blood.

I know when he stopped, don't need to remind us, thanks, and wasn't 3 days ago, was 22 days ago, when he just posted the team's pictures. The 3 days ago post was just a welcome to the US customers, and a "no more news".....

Nothing odd. After last patch they started preparing Clod for NA release boxing the current version while working on an upcoming patch for all that we'll prolly see within a couple of weeks.
You see, no reason to release a different version to NA and at the same time a patch for all the rest.

Normal procedure!

Now go fly! :-P

Done it.

Bliss!

Talking of Bliss (SYN_BLiss) I was on the Syndicate server last night. Over 50 people on there all having a great time.

The servers seem to be warming up a bit following the US release. Clearly many people are able to run CoD on a level that is acceptable for the time being.