v1.30 update complaints

[NeilSmith]

Wipeout HD is by far my favourite game and I have been a loyal fan since Wipeout came out for the PSOne back in 1995 (Time flies!). However, Wipeout still has a little bit more to go before it can reach max potencial. These are some issues I'd like to see adressed in Wipeout HD;

* RACE IN PROGRESS, if possible could these have a different color than the ones that hasn't started yet.

* Harimau, what's the point with this ship when Assegai has better thrust. Harimau needs a 10 point boost.

* The startup timer is too low. Most of the time I'm unable to change my ship before the host starts the game (I like to use ships with good handling for tracks with sharp turns, and a fast ship on tracks with less turns). As of now the startup time is 3 seconds, this doesn't give the other players any time to change ships before the game is started.

* More stats, I'd really like to have stats in the scoreboard showing how many Perfect Laps and Eliminations each player got.

* 1 second lags during every single race I've attended since the 1.30 patch was released. Happens on every track. Some times the screen even goes black for 3-4 seconds with no sound and when I return I'm flying the wrong way (or into a wall) even though I'm racing a straight line. This is really a game breaker for me, I've lost 6-7 races due to this.

* Unplayable 2-player split screen performance; The performance was so poor the other day when me and a friend played some 2-player split screen races we had to quit after a couple of games. It was far worse than before the 1.30 patch and it doesn't feel half as smooth as playing singleplayer.

* Game locking up during loading screens or during speccing (only solution is to restart the PS3).

* Broken weapon pads (you get no item when flying over them), happened on several tracks.

* Poor spectating mode; When spectating a race I notice that the ship movement, camera etc.. is by no way similar to the real deal.

* Text chat, it would totally rock if Wipeout HD took use of the new Text Chat feature that was implemented in firmware 2.70. I'd love to have a button in the lobby that automatically started a Text Chat session with all the players in the room. This is only a dream wish, don't know how realistic\easy it would be to implement though.

* Elimination Mode; It is tons of fun, requires different strategies as well as being very challenging.
Adding elimination mode together with a new trophy ("Mass Murderer" = 200 online kills) would be great!

What do you guys think? Any input is welcomed