To all those saying ground textures are worse after the patch, please provide some actual evidence. A single screen shot proves nothing, UNLESS it is also accompanied by another screen shot taken before the patch that clearly shows the difference.
In all the screen shots I have seen, I haven’t seen any that show any appreciable difference. But I’ve seen plenty that show nothing has changed including this detailed post prividng comparison screen shots (although some of the replies from other users fall back into the problem of not providing comparision shots).
The 2 screen shots below show to my eyes textures have not changed. They came from a thread about the building size problem (which actually has proof of this change) but the person who posted the before shot also thought the texture resolution had degraded. They only provided a before shot, so provided no evidence that this was the case. So I created an after shot myself, and the evidence indicated that the textures had not been degraded.
I’m happy to be proved wrong, but please provide some concrete evidence to back up these claims.
Before patch
After patch
If your are interested in a possible explanation for the building problem, here is a link to the post.