So, it looks like EA Games is already working on fixing problems that people have been having with Sims 3. I went to go play this morning evening and got a pop-up for an update, so I clicked okay. This update only takes about a minute, and it fixes some of the common problems that a lot of people have been having, such as:

quote Complete list of changes:

1. Addresses some issues with Speed 2 and 3 moving too slowly. Some machines will have better results when using Speed 2 and 3 now.
2. Fix to story progression on/off selection toggle.
3. Fix for a possible crash with audio code.
4. Fix for babysitter routing off lots with babies.
5. Addresses some issues with Vsync and refresh rate problems.
6. Addresses some issues with DVD authentication errors and drive compatibility on startup.
7. This update deals with some issues on Mac systems that can crash the game while connecting to AFP servers.
8. Fix for a freeze that can occur when Sims attempt to clean out bad food from the fridge.

So, I'm about to go play the game now that these updates have been added. Has anyone else played the game yet with the updates, and does the game feel like it runs better?

The only real issue I had was with the time moving slowly. With the new patch it is better, but still not up to standard. I'm guessing that's just because of the computer I'm using though, which doesn't really surpass the minimum requirements to a reasonable standard.

The update really didn't do much for me. The music in the buy/build modes still sometimes disappear after awhile and my custom music will only play at random times. Hopefully, they will fix that eventually.

The only thing I noticed it fixed was the time speeds.
Other than that nothing else I noticed was different, although I didn't have any of those problems that the patch fixed so that's probably why..

My game runs fine and never had problems with the 3x speed, and I didn't have any of those other glitches, so I'm not gonna do the patch, since a lot of people are having problem with the patch I saw a few days ago in a thread.

quote gongbeat

The update really didn't do much for me. The music in the buy/build modes still sometimes disappear after awhile and my custom music will only play at random times. Hopefully, they will fix that eventually.

The custom music is probably an error needing fixing, but the buy/build goes off after a while, which isn't any kind of error I don't think.

since I woudn't want it still doing it after 2 minutes.