FIA Race Discussion [Archive]

[stpatty]

Yeah I've just come out of a lobby where I was practicing and there's nothing. Well, right now there is, after about three minutes waiting to get back to the main menu.

Fun evening ahead here boys!

 

[TAU_GTP]

I have a connection, but Sport Mode shows "no planned championship events", calendar is empty as well. Only the Weeklies are available. Very odd timing, but maybe we'll get a new schedule for the Exhibition rounds so they can reuse the Stage 1 one in April?

 

[Leggacy]

back on here in the uk.... but for how long?

but no races displaying in the sport menu

 

[watto79]

Yep, can't get online at all. The website is showing a maintenence message. 7 minutes until the first slot.....

 

[Pigems]

Having connection issues here as well, can’t save or load hardly anything and the game keeps crashing.

 

[garix]

Same here in AT

 

[TeddyWestside]

Same issue here. Just completed a Race B and then got the server connection error when I went to enter the first race.

restarted game and rebooted PS4 several times, no joy. And PS4 network test is fine. Real pain when thefirst race is typically the cleanest.

 

[VulcanSpirit]

Back online... but it's still taking centuries to load. My Daily Workout mileage from last night to today isn't showing, either.

At this rate, it looks like the 16:00 slot is off.

 

[kirethk]

Yep servers down for me too.

 

[stpatty]

Hey, I'm in. Loaded quickly and normally.

Ed - nope. NoMpsServer NE-210000CD.

Ed 2 - I'm still there, I've hit Free Practice and I seem to be in now. There's no count down to matching but when I hit exit it asked if I wanted to cancel the entry and it's just ticked over to 16:00. Here goes nothing.

 

[KepleroGT]

Error NE-210003EE. A connection to the server could not be established.

 

[garix]

Yeah, no slots visible ....

 

[Ashthebash]

And get to enter with 2.35 left on the clock

 

[Benay79]

So much for doing the first slot!! Useless

 

[TAU_GTP]

I have a connection, but Sport Mode shows "no planned championship events", calendar is empty as well. Only the Weeklies are available. Very odd timing, but maybe we'll get a new schedule for the Exhibition rounds so they can reuse the Stage 1 one in April?

FIA just magically reappeared for me without leaving Sport Mode screen. Even let me press Enter, but I'm now staring at that watch to no effect

 

[watto79]

FIA just magically reappeared for me without leaving Sport Mode screen. Even let me press Enter, but I'm now staring at that watch to no effect

That's exactly where I'm at. Guessing the 4pm race isn't happening.

 

[TeddyWestside]

Back online... but it's still taking centuries to load. My Daily Workout mileage from last night to today isn't showing, either.

At this rate, it looks like the 16:00 slot is off.

Not for me. Tried rebooting game again and got black screen (not the first time). Brilliant.

Finally back in, but no dice. Can't even more dailies to improve my trashed SR ahead of next slot of course.🤬

 

[garix]

Just in, but no clock counting down
Oh, just got an error NE-21...

 

[Ashthebash]

Knew it wouldn't bloody match!!

 

[TeddyWestside]

If anyone actually gets into a 4pm race, the matchmaking could be'interesting'. Even GT Sport is forcing social distancing.

 

[stpatty]

I was still in free practice so I hit cancel entry, now the screen's frozen. See you all in 1 hour 15.

 

[TeddyWestside]

Aaaand it's back. Too late...

Back to Race B for now.

 

[TeddyWestside]

Spoke too soon! Kicked out with 'Matching failed' error!!!

Wait... still connected, so I've time to try again...

 

[Cherryturbo]

If they could mess up this game any further, I don’t know how. They must employ a creative director to come up with new ways. Absolute cluster ........

 

[watto79]

PD's response:

"We thought you were all boycotting this race so thought we'd catch up on some server maintenance. What's the big deal? Please continue to enjoy GranTurismo Sport!"

 

[stpatty]

PD's response:

FTFY

 

[TeddyWestside]

Beware, server still unstable.
Race B went all Pete Tong, with us all doing a barn dance before the race started. I then had forced contact and lost DR before even reaching the pit straight and later had my car react like it had been rearended even though nobody was in sight. 3 places lost and SR dropped.

Better be fixed for next FIA race.

 

[VulcanSpirit]

If they could mess up this game any further, I don’t know how. They must employ a creative director to come up with new ways. Absolute cluster ........

PD's response:

"We thought you were all boycotting this race so thought we'd catch up on some server maintenance. What's the big deal? Please continue to enjoy GranTurismo Sport!"

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I sincerely doubt those statements considering that the Asia/Oceania races seemed to run without hitches.

Seriously, it wouldn't surprise me at all if this has anything to do with the reduced speeds and/or increased traffic brought on by the Coronavirus situation. I genuinely wonder how the situation must be affecting the staff at Polyphony; can't think that the recent boycott claims and server issues would help company morale during these rough times.


Anyway, there's been a slight improvement - I can enter and exit regular lobbies without an issue, but am still experiencing slower load times in certain menus (e.g. My Menu, Sport Mode Race Entry). Race listings are showing up, though, which is a good thing.

 

[watto79]

I sincerely doubt those statements considering that the Asia/Oceania races seemed to run without hitches.

Seriously, it wouldn't surprise me at all if this has anything to do with the reduced speeds and/or increased traffic brought on by the Coronavirus situation. I genuinely wonder how the situation must be affecting the staff at Polyphony; can't think that the recent boycott claims and server issues would help company morale during these rough times.


Anyway, there's been a slight improvement - I can enter and exit regular lobbies without an issue, but am still experiencing slower load times in certain menus (e.g. My Menu, Sport Mode Race Entry). Race listings are showing up, though, which is a good thing.

I know, I was just trying to find some humour in a frustrating situation. Internet use is up globally and affecting a lot of networks. It seems like we were just unlucky with the timing that a glitch happened just as matchmaking was supposed to kick off.

All that said, PD don't help themselves in making the choice to not communicate with the community. That's the way they've always been, so frustration from our side is inevitable.

 

[Cherryturbo]

Races do seem reasonable but now but livery editor took over two minutes to load and apparently I have no decals.......

At the risk of encouraging the tin-foil hat brigade, which region did the threat of a boycott originate in?