i’m having the same kind of problem Every time I try to play need for speed unbound online it doesn’t let me load into a game lobby. The loading screen will allow me to progress to the garage where i can upgrade my vehicles and buy new cars. However every time I select join game I will be stuck on the loading screen until I am kicked for inactivity. I can’t even get onto the map screen. I’ve tried restarting the game, restarting my PS5, checking for NFS updates and any PlayStation updates but there isn’t anything. Story mode works and loads fine, it’s online which seems to be the issue. I’ve been told that it is connected to EA servers so I’m just at a loss at what to do.
Someone contacted PlayStation support about this and it's definitely something on EA'S end. Speculation is that maybe the game is not flagged for online play through EA play.
