Communicating with online services BUG! (SEVENTH REPORT ON THIS!) V1.16

how do I get to the games inbox? bought this xmas day and haven't been able to connect at all. Typical EA

It is in the top right of the screen. There will be a button next to it that will indicate how to open it

On ps5 its the Touch pad button when on the main menus then "menus" tab.

Any updates from the EA team regarding this issue?

There are days when I get stuck on this screen and can't get out, especially when I'm in an online lobby or accessing the game settings and in-game mailbox.

I don't think they really care about this.

I was playing in offline mode (grand prix with the F1 World car) the other day and just after the race start the 'Communicating with online services'  screen appears, the other drivers go on with their race and I found myself in the wall. But when the error screen has disappeared i noticed that the name of all AIs were replaced with names from my Steam friends (i play from PC) so the game really loses connection with EA servers, but WHY? i have a good connection and every other game i use online works very well at good pings.

Hi everyone, this should now be fixed. Please let us know if you're still experiencing any problems. 

Still not fixed, not changed one bit, have this issue since this new patch, can't believe the ea team can't ship a working update, i've read about clearing your mail would fix it but how would I clear my main if it all contained attachments, not allowing me the delete it all? I've also validated all files and reinstalled anticheat, its also a shame it was reported "fixed" two hours ago, lastly when joining a person through steam, it gives me an error NM8, quick search with google and it said conflicting applications, which I thought was riot Vanguard. Still doesnt work, but now I infinetly load trying to join :), thanks EA

They probably missed something cuz on my end was working fine today. i played like 30minutes without any connection bug.