I think all of us PS3 users should be expecting a major fix in framerate and bugs after the 1.8 update. If not then i will be very dissappointed as i doubt there will be many more patches to come. And we will also see if it really does ready us for DLC. What do you expect from 1.8?
Ask Gstaff. After all, he once played like, 15 minutes of this game on PS3 on thanksgiving day, so he understands the frustration. Then again he might tell you that he doesn't have any news and he'll let you as soon as he makes them up