DIsable the steam interface in the game from the option of steam, because it doesn't work well in the game, install the manual version of patch 221 for free the game from steam control, at this point press the online game button from the game menu, it will ask to insert the email and the cd key and after to create a user and password. THe system will start automatically the upgrade to patch 223.
Here the links to manual patch:
Set this
http://rapidshare.com/files/300163366/shell.2.2.1.zip (is a "copy and paste" patch not a autoinstalling) and after this
http://rapidshare.com/files/300163819/en.2.2.1.zip (the english translation)