GTA Online: Rockstar apologises for server issues

GTA Online launched yesterday (1 October) and as expected, the game encountered some hiccups due to the huge demand on Rockstar’s servers.

Rockstar has since apologised about the connection problems and bugs and asks for patience from the community.

“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,” said Rockstar.

“We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience while we work to resolve this.”

Rockstar listed a bunch of issues that the team is currently working on:

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).
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