GTA IV gets patched on PS3

Rockstar has released an 18MB patch for GTA IV on the PS3. The patch will supposedly fix many for the crashing/freezing/annoying issues some people had with the PS3 version of the game. You should be prompted to download it once you play the game when you are signed into PSN.

We are not sure if the patch helps with the issues the game had as our games all worked fine before hand so we have no way of checking. So, we ask you, did it fix your problems?