I just followed that exact tutorial and got Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate working. Went pretty much perfectly. The only hitch I had was I missed the bit about needing quotes when changing the paths.
I didn’t have any trouble with download speeds, mine was downloading at our full 100Mb/s
I guess a porch pirate isn’t gonna look in the bin, and if they did, it does look like recycling
So I guess that’s something?