So here we go - the V1 of PCM.daily's Expansion Pack.

We already introduced the main changes in this news article from earlier today, and in short, the V1 fixes bugs and adds a few extras - e.g., a few more sponsors, a bit more equipment, one new team and a couple of new races. The full feature list can be found here.

V0.5 -> V1 Update: Get the torrent here, or download the Update in two parts from Multiupload: Part 1 | Part 2

If you experience any problems, don't forget to read the Questions and Answers thread.

As we're now getting close to the release of the Expansion Pack V1, it's time to reveal the features. Obviously, you know most of them from V0.5, but we did add a few extras to the V1.

First of all, we have completed the World Tour with the addition of the all-new race Tour of Beijing, thanks to Olympus. And speaking of stages/races, it's also worth mentioning that there's now even more variants available (e.g. 5 Tour de France routes and 5 Giro d'Italia routes). We have also added some randomly chosen variants for the national championships of the larger countries, so you don't necessarily end up with the same type of winner every year.

We have also added a new team, D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo, which is one of the top Continental teams (in fact, it's the best continental team of all right now, according to CQ Ranking).

More frames are now available, and c. 55 teams are now using the correct frame brand in road races.

Even more sponsors can now be contacted - the number of sponsors is now up to 242, all with shirts, transferts and logos.

Needless to say, we have also been using a lot of time fixing all the bugs that have been reported. There's obviously always going to be something, also in the V1, but hopefully, you're going to get a great gaming experience with the PCM.daily Expansion Pack V1.

You can see the updated list of features here. We might not have remembered everything, but you probably get the idea anyway.

On the day of release of the V0.5, we mentioned that we expected to release the V1 on Sunday. I'm up for a busy weekend, though, so rather than rushing the release, I'd rather take it slow and make sure that everything is OK before the final release.

We're not going to set a new "fixed" release date, but we do expect to have the V1 out by early next week.

Don't forget to report the bugs that you find in this thread.

Cyanide has released a new official patch for Pro Cycling Manager 2011.

The patch is the fourth official patch for PCM11 and fixes issues in both career, multiplayer and race mode. Some adjustments in stats have also been made.

The patch can be downloaded from this link, where the full list of issues fixed in this and former patches is also available.

Update, 13:11: We just received the fix list of the final version of the upcoming patch that's expected to be released this week. See below.

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A beta patch for PCM11 found its way to Focus' public FTP servers yesterday, revealing at least some of the fixes that we can expect for the final patch.

Freire, project leader of the game, says that a "the official 4th patch should come later this week".

[MULTIPLAYER]
- Adds display of distance ridden for a race which has already begun.
- Adds a warning message if a game is launched and the player's TCP/UDP ports are not correctly opened for the PCM2011 application.
- Correct problem which prevented Omnium track races to be taken into account by the ladder.
- Adds display of profile of the upcoming stage when a game is loaded in stage mode.

[CAREER]
- Corrects problem whereby world champion did not abandon his jersey in season 2.
- Negotiation with a sponsor is no longer possible if the manager has already postponed his answer for one week.
- Corrects various problems concerning the creation of a custom team.
- AI teams will mainly recruit young riders from regions which interest their sponsors.

[3D RACES & AI/GAMEPLAY]
- fixed: a water carrier follows a team-mate who has just attacked, in order to supply him with water.
- fixed : when nobody wants to relay in a group, player's riders who are have received a "Keep Position" order, ride very slowly.
- fixed: sometimes the peloton slows down for no apparent reason at the end of a race and the breakaway rider(s) win more easily.
- prevent exploit: the player, by assigning a low effort level to a rider under a "Keep Position" order, can block riders behind him.

[OTHERS]
- Adds the possibility to create a Start List for a race (Options page).
- Correct a possible bug in track race trophies.

[DATABASE]
- Tour de France update : several adjustments to rider attributes
- Custom databases are now to be found in "\Documents\Pro Cycling Manager 2011\Database" instead of "\Documents\Pro Cycling Manager 2011\Users\xxxxxx\Database"