Why is it a joke what are your issues?
Go and check the bug reports.
Sorry I need to stop venting about this but I'm not impressed with all of it's issues.
The number one problem I have apart fom broken missions now is that the rudder key (centre) now doesn't work and it won't let me map it to 3 different joysticks let alone another key. Try driving one of the faster vessels when you can't centre the rudder properly, it basically ruins the game. That's off the top of my head, there are many other problems as you will find in the bug thread.
I have a highend system and it runs ok but I wouldn't want to run it on much less.
My main gripe is it's nowhere near as polished as 08 in regards to most things and was released too early, the patch having it's own problems only confounds that. Pretty much no AI because of performance issues??
If it was a $10 game I would live with it but it's not a $10 game, it is priced up there with the premium stuff.
Too many companies are releasing buggy software these days and we shouldn't accept that otherwise they will continue to foist substandard items on us.
I've said my piece in a couple of threads now so no more venting.