To clarify. It will NOT start the verification process, if you don't have 44 gb free on the drive.
Therefore, this answer is not correct.
I just did the update. How ? I had to delete another 30 gb game, so i had 51 gb free on the drive (had 21gb free before doing so) .
THEN, and only THEN, the verifying of 44gb gamefiles started, and was done really quick. It did NOT do that, when i only had 21gb free.
After verifying, it then proceeded downloading a 13 gb update, and the game was launchable ( gave me a bluescreen first, but now works. ).
SO, WHY ON EARTH, WEREN'T 21GB free drive space, enough, for a freaking only 13 GB small update ?!!!
Now i end up having a 30 gb game uninstalled, for a 13 gb update, although I HAD 21gb free !
And guess how much free drive space i had, after the update, 49 GB !!!!!!!!!!!!!
This means, the game only grew 2 GB bigger with the update.
13 gb are installed, and 11 gb of old files removed.
And that is what i am saying. If they remove the old files first, and THEN put the new files in,
a few gigabytes free on the drive would be enough to do an update.
But at the moment it demands people to have freaking 47 gb free on the drive, for a 13 gb update.
The game folder size before the update was 67 gb, now it it 71 gb.
It only verified 44 gb btw. That is 23 gb less, than the game folder size. Very confusing.
Please find the failiure EA.