On PS5ID spinestomper Unable to play free roam, starts to load garage then kicks me out, doesn't crash the game but just kicks me out to main screen....This started to happen after vol.8 it started to do it every other time I went into free roam but now its everytime...I can play pvp just fine...No error code, nothing just booted to main screen...

I have the same issue as OP. No error codes and problem has already been for a few days.Online pvp works fine but when loading to online free roam, the loading screen seems to complete amd then I get black screen with about a half a second of music (i think the garage music starts to play but stops immediately).After about 30s - 1min of black screen I'm back at the main menu appearing offline.Today I actually got an error message FTLC5001.

This is going to be long but it seemed to work for me: Console: PS5Multiple DLC'sNO MODSGame saved on Console (NOT expanded SSD)Over 100 cars and not sure about custom wraps. I had the same issue where I would get an error message stating that a lobby couldn't be created. After letting that go, I would get kicked out of the lobby when I tried to enter the garage in free roam. After adjusting to that and changing my cars in the meet ups, the final progression was I was unable to join a lobby. After a loading screen that seemed like forever, I would get kicked back to the main screen and would be signed out of EA. Issue: BOTH... of your cars and custom wraps in your single player garage AND free roam garage, counts as individual cars and wraps. Once you go above 100ish cars (combined), you'll start to have 1 if not all of the issues that I had. Fix: And this is painful; Sell cars and delete wraps. But there's a catch. IF, you had a custom wrap on your car, and you sell your car, the wrap remains, and the issues remains. For those cars, you have to sell the car, select another car, go into the wrap modification page, select ALL WRAPS. Then, you will see the custom wraps you have "applied" and custom wraps that don't say "applied". THOSE wraps that don't have "applied" above them; belong to cars you have sold. DELETE THEM! IF, you have wraps you don't like OR wraps on cars you hardly loose, delete the wraps. Use whatever color that comes with the car natively. NOW, remember I said both single player and multi-player shared the "car and wrap count". You have to go into your single player mode and do the same thing. EVERY CAR you win/unlock on multiplayer, YOU GET IN SINGLE PLAYER and doubles your car count. DELETE/SELL THOSE! AFTER, you sell cars, delete wraps from BOTH garages, you'll need to re-sync your game, shut the game down, try to get in. You should have no problems until your car counts rise again.I'm sitting at around 130 ish cars but only 40ish custom wraps and didn't have an issue after doing the above UNTIL last night where I unlocked and new Cop Car. Now, the "unable to create lobby" error is back. (I have also won some cars due to the season progression). I'll have to go into single player and delete those cars to get rid of that error.GRIPE to EA: You have a game that: Requires you complete certain challenges with certain cars in different classes. YOU award cars as players progress through the seasons, YOU allow customization of cars and purchase of multiple cars. YOU have multiple events that require special parts to participate in that you can't modify immediately before a race, requiring you to have multiple cars with different set ups (drift pro for example). YET, IF YOU DO ANY OF THAT TO AN EXTENT, YOU CAN'T PLAY THE GAME. I'm personally about 1.5 error messages away for asking for my money back, as I can't DO what the game advertises a player SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO. You've created a game that awards progression with cars that then breaks the game so you can't play. Makes no sense. This isn't a new issue, i've read about this in other forums for the last year or so. PLEASE FIX!TO the players: I hope this helps and gets you back online. Let me know if it did or if you need to be talked through anything.

There is a big problem with the new update volume 8. On the PS5 it is no longer possible to start this mode, or even begin a session. After a long loading time you are kicked out of the lobby and returned to the main menu without an error message. It is not the online connection that is to blame, as the PvP mode, on the other hand, works without any problems.What could be the cause, is this problem already known and could it be fixed with a future update?

Hi, I also had +100 cars in my garage. I researched the issue a little bit and seems that number of cars in garage is the cause for the issue. I sold around 20 cars now only having around 90 and everything seems to work. Not getting the error anymore. But this is a huge bug in the game. Having over 100 cars in multiplayer is not that much especially with all the special editions, dlcs, multiple different tiers and event types.

Sadly the only way I can sell cars is if I have all my dlc deleted.... so when I add it back it puts me back over 100... allready sold 20+ cars... even at 98 cars still getting both issues.... im at a loss

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EA_Illium
EA Staff (Retired)
11 months ago
Hi @9ca878ecdef4e291, Do you remember if you received an error message during your last session?
Valazu
11 months ago
I have the same issue as OP. No error codes and problem has already been for a few days.
Online pvp works fine but when loading to online free roam, the loading screen seems to complete amd then I get black screen with about a half a second of music (i think the garage music starts to play but stops immediately).
After about 30s - 1min of black screen I'm back at the main menu appearing offline.
Today I actually got an error message FTLC5001.
9ca878ecdef4e29
11 months ago
No error messages at all
9ca878ecdef4e29
11 months ago
I also can't share wraps at all
EA_Illium
EA Staff (Retired)
11 months ago
Hey @Valazu @9ca878ecdef4e291

Can you provide more details on the following?

Do you have any DLC installed?

How many wraps and cars do you have unlocked?

Are you playing with any mods?

For the Error Code FTCL5001, you can try the following workaround:

Spoiler
A temporary work around for this issue if you have any DLC/ Packs installed is to uninstall one of them, reload in and this should re-sync the inventory.

Launch the game and go to free roam and attempt to enter the map. If this works, then close off everything fully and reinstall the DLC again and it should work from then on.

This is being investigated further as well.

Thanks!
9ca878ecdef4e29
11 months ago
I have vol7 and 8 installed
I have everything unlocked, own 131 cars and about 95+ wraps
I'm on ps5 so no mods
9ca878ecdef4e29
11 months ago
Also deleting a DLC did not work
9ca878ecdef4e29
11 months ago
Now I'm getting the F03 when I try pvp... so the game is completely unplayable now
Valazu
11 months ago
Hi,
I also had +100 cars in my garage. I researched the issue a little bit and seems that number of cars in garage is the cause for the issue.
I sold around 20 cars now only having around 90 and everything seems to work. Not getting the error anymore.
But this is a huge bug in the game. Having over 100 cars in multiplayer is not that much especially with all the special editions, dlcs, multiple different tiers and event types.
9ca878ecdef4e29
11 months ago
Sadly the only way I can sell cars is if I have all my dlc deleted.... so when I add it back it puts me back over 100... allready sold 20+ cars... even at 98 cars still getting both issues.... im at a loss