I've just given up tonight. I'll wait until tomorrow when there is less server activity. I've already made 2 characters that didn't save, got stuck waiting for the race.
Mine didn't either. I created another one and finally got to race Lamar but can't go past that. I think I'm done trying for tonight.
Finally got through earlier. Was doing the "tutorials" and after my first modding, I pull out and get shot/killed/jacked right away. Was freaking pissed. I know there's passive mode but I thought I was still by myself, doing tutorials.
I finally was able to get in. I did a few missions then someone started trolling me and killing me every time I spawned. Got annoyed and quit.
i think it has to be set it up at rockstar social club.. who got a crew name.. it has to be 4 letters, atleast i see everyone else with 4 letter crews on their name..
Worked for me... still some freezes but I'm rank 5 already. How do you start doing missions after the "drugs" one? I've been robbing stores & racing for now.
Same for me. Used the ps button to quit. It just sat there with a radio station playing Edit: nevermind. Worked on my second try
Same happened to me. I was rank 8, had about 35k. I fire it up this morning and my character is gone. People are saying their cloud storage is down, it's possible that they'll get it back up and your character will be available again. That's what I'm hoping anyway...
The initial installation took a while but after that the loading shouldn't take you more than 20 sec.