it's normal in this game, when you wait for a minute without starting the race...that means that you are stuck & u have to re-open the game
but sometimes i press "H" key a lot ... and the race starts after that...sometimes it doesn't work, & sometimes it gets me out of loading screen back to free roam & sometimes it doesn't
but the works way is to shut the game down & open it again
that's why drivers were 6 in the lobby...then 5 are racing, someone was stuck and shut the game,
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