RAGE pesters PC gamers with graphical hitches

RAGE looked sweet in screenshots, trailers, and gameplay videos, however, it's starting to annoy PC players with  glitches, poor texture loading, and screen tears, according to NeoGAF.

As a hopeful remedy, id Software's John Carmack  advised players to update their video drivers.

Will a patch be released and nurse the wound? Or will enraged PC gamers switch to console to play id Software's latest work? What have your experiences been thus far?