That will never happen.It doesn't matter if u buy the game now or one year from now,it will be the same.There won't be an updated retail verson.You will have to install the patch anyway.Why do you want to avoid downloading the patch?
After reading your posts in this thread i think that you won't need a patch unless you plan on playing online with a 56k connection(wich wouldn't work well by the way,you would always have lag and ruin it for others on the server).The patch mostly fixes some bugs in the netcode as there aren't really any bugs in the SP part of the game.
What this all means is that if u don't plan on playing the game online you won't be needing the patch,you will however be driving without a rear-view mirror and the sideways view option as they are both added by the patch.
My in game name is radicool02, what a surprise and I mostly race V8 supercars and DTM. I'll be playing the game for the rest of the week, because I have nothing else to do.
DTM cars spin so easy. It was great fun! Earlier I was saying we should make an Official GTPlanet Racing Team, we could have our own team championships, and pwn everybody else!