I hear ya h Eagles I play disconnected also.since i put a lot of my own songs in the game didn't want to have to go revamp them

...ah, this "update" on Dec 19th? -
https://steamoss.com/games/221680/announcements/detail/527581830427181080?snr=2___

Looks like they're trying to get new players involved. It's now regularly priced at $9.99 (USD) and is on sale for $3.00
https://steamoss.com/steamstore/app/221680/Rocksmith_2014_Edition_REMASTERED_LEARN__PLAY/

I am not aware of any recent updates, do you have a link?
I play disconnected and everything works fine.
I'll give an update if anything changes.

all is ok with me all is in place
also waiting for the unmentionable to update :-)

As i had the game installed already, nothing has changed for me (thankfully), but i'm waiting for an update regarding CDLC on this new update