So I've been getting really poor starting positions most of the beta, most of the time this doesn't really bother me but its grating on me now. Starting positions right on the edge of the map limits your options for exploration and seems to mean having to travel farther to find planets or at least that's what I've found in almost every game I've played so far. I may just be really unlucky but it seems too consistent. Please take a look at planet distribution and starting location parameters and see if you find an issue.
Secondly, I started a new game today and around turn 70 bumped into the Altarians. A few turn later I talked to them to trade techs and they already had up to Deeper Knowledge. That's got a be a bug, its only 2 techs from the research victory by turn 70. I had that option turned off for this game but I would be really upset if I had left it on and about turn 150 lost the game because I wouldn't have that it reasonable to get there that fast. Especially as I'm playing on an immense map and hadn't even gotten a 1/4 of the map explored.