So tried it a bit. It's 2.30 am and have to get up at 6 to go to a work course for 2 days, so can't play anymore.
- Pre-download took twice the space to install. So had to work quickly to delete everything else on the HDD while installing/decrypting it. On a 120gig HDD it will be down to 1.2gb left when it finishes.
Actual game
- Switching on auto aim for a controller will give you the information that you will be paired with people using similar settings if playing online with a notice of being at a disadvantage if you use Keyboard/mouse while on an autoaim setting.
- Graphical settings. There are lots of options to turn on, and with me on a 880GTX (on a ASUS laptop) it defaulted most to on. I turned on everything I could to max at 1080p. It lists the MB required for the various options, which is nice since it gives you an idea which options use a lot of memory. Seems to max out at around 3 gigs, though I am not sure if there are more things that can be turned on if you have a higher version graphics card. I could not change the draw distance for the shadow slider, but that is the only one that is greyed out.
- It runs perfectly smooth so far. Only at the start after delivering the cars to Simeon, and took the time to drive around a bit. Everything is "crisper" from further away. Though even at the lowest setting of motion blur, you do notice what can only be described as "lag?" in the textures becoming sharp again. Not something you notice while driving, but if you stand inside a house and spin around, you will see it. Though it might also be related to the "soften" setting, as for a second, textures look like you used the soften tool from Photoshop on them.
First impressions from 40 or so minutes. Seems like a good port. Only broken thing I noticed was the benchmark. It started the game at the same time as the benchmark causing some strange loops, and it quit the game. Plus side, with even a halfway decent graphics card, it is doubtful you will need to benchmark your way to the best settings. Just put it to max and go.