Quote Originally Posted by Rapier Racer View Post
Do we know why the games sometimes leaves you in the lobby during loading when playing online? Is there a way to stop this? It's happening to me more and more and its really ****ing annoying to say the least.
Rapier, are you referring to the situation where you can join a game, enter the screen where you can see all of the participants, but never actually start a race?

I experienced this for the first ever just two days ago (Friday), and since then, have had this happen probably 5 or 6 times. I have been trying to figure out whether it is a server problem or if the game starter simply didn't know that you need to push the start button! Or, if the game starter had wandered off for lunch and a smoke.

I don't think it is an internet problem per se because, knock on wood, my connection at home has worked very well so far (no disconnections and minimal lag). It's also apparent that other players that enter these "non-starter" games eventually realize what is happening and quit out after a few minutes-- which suggests it isn't localized to individual participants.

Ah well, hopefully it's just a bump in the road that will be resolved soon