I don't know if it is just me, but I have noticed a significant speed increase. It was playable before, but I found in station menu navigation was quite slow and would sometimes freeze for a second or two. None of that happening now.
I've only been playing a week and only have minimal time to play, managed to get a couple of hours in tonight and I'm getting addicted!! Really takes me back to the BBC B and Amiga days

Got a full day off tomorrow so I feel a session coming on .....
There are far too many easy games around and I'm glad to get back to a challenge, hopefully some younger gamers will spend the time to understand what Elite is all about ... work hard, get rewarded.
On another note, spent 10 minutes trying to evade a NPC attack ... just managed to escape by shifting power to system then engines and flying like a mad man waiting for jump drive to engage ... only 16% hull left, but got away ... love it!!!