Applies to: Windows and Linux
Topic: Online and network
1. Start the game from the launcher
Press PLAY in the FH2MP launcher. Starting azimuth.exe yourself doesn't sign you in.
2. Unlock online in your career
Online play unlocks the same way it did in the original game. On a new save:
1. Finish the first championship.
2. Do the first Showcase and take the road trip to Nice.
After that, the online options appear. If you already have progress in plain Azimuth, bring it over with Settings > Save manager instead of starting again. See Moving saves.
3. Join
Open the pause menu, go to the Social tab and choose:
•Online Free Roam: drive the open world with others and start events together.
•Online Road Trip: vote on where to go and the car class, then race a series of events.
You are put into the first lobby with room.
When the game starts, it also puts you in an online car meet. Leaving the car meet early may show an error; that's harmless. Use the Social tab to join Free Roam.
Playing with friends
Private lobbies don't exist yet. To end up in the same lobby:
1. Open the friends panel in the launcher and look at the lobby list.
2. Pick the lobby your friend is in (or Request new lobby) and choose Hold a slot for 5 min.
3. Press PLAY, then enter the same mode within 5 minutes.
Add friends in the launcher with their gamertag or player ID. Direct messages and club chat are there too.
Can't join?
•Online menus locked or missing: [Online menus are locked or missing](/tutorials/online-menus-locked).
•Tiles greyed out or stuck on "Finding session": Online tiles greyed out.
•Always alone in a lobby: [I'm always alone in Online Free Roam](/tutorials/alone-in-lobby).