Rockstar releases patch for GTA 4

Still playing Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PS3)? Well, we certainly are, and we were recently greeted by a small patch for the game when we jumped in for our daily fix. As you can probably guess, we jumped onto the net to look for more information, and most of the fixes seem to be involved with online races. Find out the patch details after the jump!

If you’ll log onto Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PS3) today, you’ll be pleased to know that a patch should be up for the game on both the PS3 and Xbox 360. Interested in knowing what’s new? Well, we have the full list of changes below:

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 dollars.
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.

To pick up the patch for yourself, just have an online connection when you start the game, and it should download and install automatically. Enjoy!

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Via Rockstar Social Club