I haven't had this issue.
I just did that, painful process for the downloadable PSN version. Approximately 9 hours of downloading and installing, and another 9 hours of downloading and installing updates. That's using a decent internet connection.
Maybe it's time for reinstall game once again..
I got one freeze after exiting track after race finish.
Similar problems where there with mount panorama around 1.09 or so, reinstall helped out and none freeze after that if not counting this one freeze now with Mid-Field.
I just did that, painful process for the downloadable PSN version. Approximately 9 hours of downloading and installing, and another 9 hours of downloading and installing updates. That's using a decent internet connection.