Applies to: Windows and Linux
Topic: Online and network
An online event loads forever, sits on the starting grid, times out, or drops everyone back to Free Roam after the stats screen.
Set the class before others join
The event's class limit applies to everybody. Set the class (or Unrestricted) while you set up the event, before inviting others. Players whose car doesn't fit pick another car on the car select screen.
Read the event name on the toast before picking a car: a drag race needs a different car than a circuit race.
Use a clean car
Since FH2MP 1.2.0, a car with parts the game doesn't know (engine swaps from mods, custom parts) gets the class and PI of the stock car, and the car picker shows that. If such a car still causes trouble, pick an unmodified one. Swapping parts back doesn't always help; selling the car and buying a fresh one does. See [Mods that don't work online](/tutorials/mods-and-online).
Someone didn't finish loading
Since FH2MP 1.2.0, a player who doesn't finish loading is dropped after 30 seconds and the others start without them. On older versions one stuck player could send the whole lobby back to Free Roam: update the launcher.
The event is full
Events hold 12 players. When 12 are ready, the event starts; a 13th player stays in Free Roam.
Getting out of a stuck screen
1. Hold Esc to open the Azimuth menu and choose to quit to the launcher. On a controller, use the menu button Azimuth shows.
2. Press PLAY again and rejoin.
That is cleaner than Alt+F4.
Keep your launcher up to date
FH2MP 1.2.0 also gave everyone the same car select countdown, so all players start loading together. Update when the launcher offers it.
If an event hangs every time, send the logs with the time it happened.