Patch was never tested! It only works for one round!
The funny thing about that patch UBI was so proud of, the main hardcore feature the patch adds to the game only works for one round and then the game loses its settings and reverts to normal.
So not only did UBI not test the patch with Direct2Drive users, it didn't test it at all.
There is actually one Vegas 2 server admin that hacked the patch and fixed it for his own servers to play hardcore mode. UBI hasn't released a patch to fix the patch but hackers seem pretty good about fixing stuff and they don't have the source code.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
