Stuttering Issue:

This patch aims to improve the framerate stuttering issue some people have been experiencing since launch.  Admittedly this issue has been complicated to address.  Effectively what we ended up having to do was refactor the way textures are loaded by the game and push the majority of that loading before you get into gameplay.  This will have two primary impacts for everyone going forward:

1. Loading the overall game may take longer than before
2. Loading the first map may take longer than before

These longer load times would be most seen after a fresh restart of the computer.  While we understand this extra loading time may not be ideal, our testing indicates gameplay performance should be improved across the board, and this felt like a worthwhile tradeoff.  We want to continue gathering feedback / data on this issue, so if you have been experiencing the stuttering issue with the launch version, please let us know if this patch improved your gameplay performance.