I have a first Gen Xbox and if been in many arkfalls with a large amount of ppl and haven't had 1 problem with freezing.
Well I "had" a first gen xbox day they went on sell lol.....when you guys say first gen you confuse me lol because that one "was" the first gen lol
There is also a few things that cause freezing no matter what and I cant get into the game to report them. The second race in the mount tam area will cause freezing at about the 3rd to last check point in the game. I was racing there with 3 friends, (1 was on a different server) but all 3 of our Xbox's froze at that same point. 2 of us are on slims while the other has an elite, so if you attempting to do that second race (the one at the bottom of a long hill) your game WILL freeze.
So don't do that race, and those that have done it, good, but 3 of us freezing at the same point is not a mere coincidence. :I