I notice almost everyone on my list plays as Racer. Cops getting scarce?

Anyone noticed any changes after the patch? My police interceptor chases just got harder. Never had this happen before but I smacked the racer into a roadblock and the car turned turtle. Just as I braked to pin him down, the car disappeared...and the reappeared perfectly fine on the road and zoomed off.

For me it's this :

System jammed when the racer has got a lead on you and is approaching a crossroad. You have no visual. You hit the crossroad and the system is still jammed, not knowing where to turn.