GTA Online Issues

Most people are probably aware but Grand Theft Auto’s Online multiplayer mode launched yesterday. Unfortunately, and as Rockstar have acknowledged, there are several issues surrounding this actually being played.

A whole page on the Rockstar Support site lists all the known problems and promises updates as and when they are each sorted as it is affecting around 75% of players.

The vast majority of these issues are in line with one of the following messages:

·         An error message saying “cloud servers are unavailable” ahead of the mode freezing

·         Freezing on the first race with a message saying "waiting for other players"

·         A “failed to host” message appearing and not allowing for a ‘retry’

·         Problem’s with the first race marker not showing correctly

·         Matchmaking time out errors

·         General issues tied to the Social Club.

Rockstar conclude their page with the message, "We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience while we work to resolve this."

Hopefully the problems won't take too long to resolve, but Rockstar did warn that this would happen considering the intense interest in the game. I’m one of the ‘lucky’ ones affected and have not been able to get past the first race yet (last checked at 8:00am GMT this morning).