14 DAY TRIAL // Bad news for fans of Grand Theft Auto franchise, as GTA Online launch has been a bumpy ride for many. The game is not working as it should and many server-related issues are already looked upon by Rockstar, but it will take some time until everything is ironed out.
In fact, Rockstar is pretty transparent when it comes to GTA Online launch issues and has already opened a dedicated thread on its support site where players can report any problems they encounter while playing GTA Online.
For the time being, the main issue is that the majority of players cannot get into GTA Online. There’s also a pretty long list of other problems that Rockstar has already assessed and is now looking into. Developers have also stated that they will regularly inform players on the status of fixes for all known launch issues.
Check out below some of the issues that Rockstar is now aware of and will offer a fix in the next hours:
- Occasional "Rockstar Cloud Servers Unavailable" error message; - Freezing sometimes while loading into first race in GTAO with "waiting for other players" on the screen; - Intermittent "Failed to Host a GTA Online Session" error messages; - Race Corona (start area, marker) occasionally not showing up for first race; - Errors saying "Timed out when matchmaking for a compatible GTA Online Session to join;" - Occasional errors about jobs failing to start or load; - General issues with the Social Club site and Social Club features (slow loading, failed logins, emails not arriving, etc). For more information on Social Club status head over to this special thread; - Misc. network and server-related error messages, disconnections, or cloud server errors; - Errors saying "Mission Failed" as soon as the mission begins during a session.
At 1:00 AM ET 10/2/13, Rockstar issued the following statement: "we are continuing to look into these issues and are working around the clock on resolving them as quickly as possible. This includes close monitoring of our Support systems, forums, social media, and in-game data to measure traffic along with Community sentiment to ensure ongoing improvements to stability. Please stay tuned for more updates."
UPDATE (4:30 PM ET 10/2/13): Rockstar has just published another list of issues that they're aware of and looking into. If you are affected by one of the problems below know developers are working to fix it:
- “Rockstar Cloud Servers Unavailable” error message; - “Failed to Host a GTA Online Session” error messages; - Errors saying “Timed out when matchmaking for a compatible GTA Online Session to join;” - Errors about jobs failing to start or load; - Misc. network and server-related error messages, disconnections, or cloud server errors; - Errors saying "Mission Failed" as soon as the mission begins during a session; - Long matchmaking load screens, eventually timing out after 10-15 minutes; - Offline (disc-based) and online content mixing on the Jobs list; - Ending up in a free-roam session with no jobs/markers on the map while playing as a temporary character during a cloud outage.