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A lot of people still complain about the lack of private lobbies, which is understandable, but are shouting that they can't play with their friends, especially ones that live on the other side of the world. And that's not true. So here is how to play online with your friends: (this is for the PS4 but I'd think it's very similar on XB1)
Assumptions:
1. Your group would have agreed in advance what and where to race. It's not necessary but it's easier to manage
2. You more or less are going to turn up at around the same time (although it's possible to join later a lobby with a search - check tip #5 and note #2)
How to proceed:
1. Pick a 'team leader', someone who is going to send out invitations
2a. As the team leader, pick an empty lobby that matches your car/track combination (use the track filter and look for a good ping) and press 'Continue'
2b. On the screen where you pick your car and can see the list of players joined, press SQUARE
2c. Select players to invite. You can choose from your friend list but also from a username search or even a favourite group
2d. When everyone is invited, pick your car (when applicable) and press 'Continue' then 'Start'
3. As the rest of the team, patiently wait for a lobby invitation. When it arrives, press the PS button (if the pop up has disappeared, press 'PS' and go to Notifications > Game alerts) and join the lobby from the invitation
Tips:
1. You may want to keep your lobby 'private' by kicking out random players. Necessary if you want to keep control of your lobby. To kick someone, go to the in-lobby menu, select 'Session', scroll to the player to kick and press TRIANGLE. Other players must vote by pressing R3
2. Skip qualifying sessions if you want to avoid having to do the above too often
3. Ignore people asking for a cigarette break. It's bad for their health and it makes possible for 'randoms' to turn up
4. If you are outnumbered by randoms and no longer have control of your lobby, leave and start a new one
5. If you are uncomfortable with the idea of kicking out other players, find yourself 15 willing and punctual friends
6. If someone is late and their lobby invitation has somehow expired, do a search by track, it should be easy enough to identify where your friends are (check the list of players joined)
7. Having a party running with audio chat is VERY useful. This is set up independently from the game
8. If you are more than the maximum of 8 people in a party (that's a nice problem to have, by the way), have 2 parties so no one is left out without some audio chatter
8b. Help communication between 2 parties by having a group chat. It is also useful when sending out lobby invitations
Notes:
1. You cannot see or join a lobby when a race is ongoing.
2. You cannot send lobby invites once you have joined the lobby
3. Invitations work even if you are not in the same region
4. Not all 'randoms' are bad drivers. How do you think we recruited in the first place...
5. For a call to skip/restart/kick to be accepted, you need at least the majority to vote but even then, it may fail. We haven't worked out the exact figures just yet
I hope the bit of experience our group has gained will be profitable to others.
Now stop complaining about not being able to race with your friends and enjoy racing with like minded people!
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EDITED with a few more tips
Assumptions:
1. Your group would have agreed in advance what and where to race. It's not necessary but it's easier to manage
2. You more or less are going to turn up at around the same time (although it's possible to join later a lobby with a search - check tip #5 and note #2)
How to proceed:
1. Pick a 'team leader', someone who is going to send out invitations
2a. As the team leader, pick an empty lobby that matches your car/track combination (use the track filter and look for a good ping) and press 'Continue'
2b. On the screen where you pick your car and can see the list of players joined, press SQUARE
2c. Select players to invite. You can choose from your friend list but also from a username search or even a favourite group
2d. When everyone is invited, pick your car (when applicable) and press 'Continue' then 'Start'
3. As the rest of the team, patiently wait for a lobby invitation. When it arrives, press the PS button (if the pop up has disappeared, press 'PS' and go to Notifications > Game alerts) and join the lobby from the invitation
Tips:
1. You may want to keep your lobby 'private' by kicking out random players. Necessary if you want to keep control of your lobby. To kick someone, go to the in-lobby menu, select 'Session', scroll to the player to kick and press TRIANGLE. Other players must vote by pressing R3
2. Skip qualifying sessions if you want to avoid having to do the above too often
3. Ignore people asking for a cigarette break. It's bad for their health and it makes possible for 'randoms' to turn up
4. If you are outnumbered by randoms and no longer have control of your lobby, leave and start a new one
5. If you are uncomfortable with the idea of kicking out other players, find yourself 15 willing and punctual friends
6. If someone is late and their lobby invitation has somehow expired, do a search by track, it should be easy enough to identify where your friends are (check the list of players joined)
7. Having a party running with audio chat is VERY useful. This is set up independently from the game
8. If you are more than the maximum of 8 people in a party (that's a nice problem to have, by the way), have 2 parties so no one is left out without some audio chatter
8b. Help communication between 2 parties by having a group chat. It is also useful when sending out lobby invitations
Notes:
1. You cannot see or join a lobby when a race is ongoing.
2. You cannot send lobby invites once you have joined the lobby
3. Invitations work even if you are not in the same region
4. Not all 'randoms' are bad drivers. How do you think we recruited in the first place...
5. For a call to skip/restart/kick to be accepted, you need at least the majority to vote but even then, it may fail. We haven't worked out the exact figures just yet
I hope the bit of experience our group has gained will be profitable to others.
Now stop complaining about not being able to race with your friends and enjoy racing with like minded people!
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EDITED with a few more tips
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and I've made some new friends
. Doesn't sound really nice to be honest 
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