I am having the same issue, except I have never seen another soul in gta online. I would try it on xbox, but I don't have gold anymore. Reinstalling gta now. Tried all the things you listed plus uninstalled AV, flushed DNS, tried going direct to modem, reinstalled social club. Using Steam copy, had game installed to another SSD, this time I'm trying it on my OS SSD.

Im having the same problem on PC, i only get put into empty lobbies, is there any ports that need to be opened to fix this? if so, which?

same here, cant even join my friends session, if i remember correctly, it happened on the consoles as well when the game came out

I am also having this problem all sessions are empty and doesn't matter if i restart my comp/steam is there anyway to do a NAT test or certain ports that need to be open?

Got the same problem, hope they fix it soon

hope it's fixed soon

I have the same problem, I have tried:

Open ports tcp 80, 443 UDP Ports: 6672, 61455, 61457, 61456, and 61458.

Put myself in DMZ even though i have the firewall disabled on my router.
Disabled the windows firewall.

My friend is playing with other players right now and hasn't configured anything, he has all of the ports closed so it's probably not that.

I can't believe that this is a server issue since my friend can play and this doesn't seem to be a common problem.

same here.

Same problem here

I submitted a ticket 7hours ago and still no answer, listening to my friends play together but being unable to do so myself is making me want to kill myself!

I am having this exact same issue. I've looked everywhere for a fix, But nothing seems to fix it. This is not the tutorial issue, that others are having. Last night about an hour before the release I was able to play just fine with others. Now I can not join anything. Thrown into empty sessions. This is not what I waited 2 years for.

Same here please help

I've also got the same problem!

**FIX FOUND*!

I was able to solve this problem. It came because I have a MSI GD65 Gaming MOBO with Qualcomm Atheros Killer Network Manager. Even though I swear I had ended the process and it still didn't work, I figured out how to fix it.

In the Applications tab of this program, find all GTA V and Social club entries, turn them from whatever they are (probably Highest (1)) to High (2).

Then under the Advance Tab, I turned Default applications settings to default priority (2- High).

I am unsure if both of those steps are necessary, or the order which I originally did them (may be grayed out if Global Application Control isn't Enabled)

Since I did this, I have been playing with my friends and randoms where before I couldn't join anyone at all.

Having the exact same problem, got the same reply from Steven about submitting a ticket, did then no answer at all, been like 20 hours now. I have thrice over the past 24 hours met anyone else, twice in a lobby, only two of us online, then suddenly disconnected and once during a short job. Never anything more and 95% always alone. The fix that Ralo99 suggested does not work for me.

@Ralo90</a> <em>*FIX FOUND</em>!

This fixed the problem for me and my friend.we both have SMi motherboard and Qualcomm Atheros Killer Network Manager.Thanks alot Ralo90!

Same problem, get off your arses Rockstar and sort this crow out

What about the people that dont have the option to do Ralo's fix? is there any other program that doesn't require that motherboard to use? They need to fix this. I sometimes get into lobbies with a max of 14 people. Then everyone leaves on me shortly after. And any other time, I either cant get into one at all. Or the ones I get into are empty, or only have like 3-4 people in it. I have tried a DNS flush, opening DMZ to my PC, forwarding the ports on their own, resetting my modem and just about everything else. Getting sick of this...

UPDATE!

Ive figured something out, after searching around for a while and repeatedly trying to port forward, I found a few guys that were willing to talk to me. Everyone having the same problem. Either get into dead lobbies, or get into lobbies with a decent amount of people then everyone leaves at the same time, or you only get into a lobby with about 4-5 people tops. And everyone that I ran into in those 4-5 people lobbies told me that they had comcast xfinity as an internet provider, which is what I use. So this seems to be a problem with Rockstar and Comcast alike. Not sure if this helps but there ya go, correct me if im wrong but most of you here have comcast, correct?

@Verellic</a> <strong>UPDATE!</strong>

nope :(

This might help

Okay so i just tried logging out then back in to social club, via the social club screen that appears before the game starts. This seems to have fixed it for me.

@suburbia122</a> <strong>This might help</strong>

Can you please explain further

@hvilberg</a> Can you please explain further

Since i've had this problem for 2 days now i tried using the network on my phone. When i did this it asked me to login again before starting the game. When i ran the game on the 3G of my phone everything seemed to work fine. I then connected to my regular network, when i was promted to login again. For a while everything seemed fine, but i just got the ''timed out'' message again. It seems like it has something to do with the internet providers.

@suburbia122</a> Since i've had this problem for 2 days now i tried using the network on my phone. When i did this it asked me to login again before starting the game. When i ran the game on the 3G of my phone everything seemed to work fine. I then connected to my regular network, when i was promted to login again. For a while everything seemed fine, but i just got the ''timed out'' message again. It seems like it has something to do with the internet providers.

Thought so, what provider you using? I just tried calling comcast because of the port problems and they said that there shouldnt be any issue. So this is leaning more towards Rockstars side. Some sort of ISP compatibility issue or something. Ill try using my phone's connection, thanks bud.

@Verellic</a> Thought so, what provider you using? I just tried calling comcast because of the port problems and they said that there shouldnt be any issue. So this is leaning more towards Rockstars side. Some sort of ISP compatibility issue or something. Ill try using my phone's connection, thanks bud.

I live in Norway so i have a different provider. I tried calling them aswell but they said the same thing. Let me know if it works on your phone's network. Might be something to it.

me2 have it problem

Ralo90 it works! thank you soooooooo much! And for you that it didnt work for, try following this guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDlfxcKYBo i followed it, and i think that might be one of the reasons its not working for some of you folks, well, if that video help, please do tell :). Thank you again Ralo90!

@suburbia122</a> I live in Norway so i have a different provider. I tried calling them aswell but they said the same thing. Let me know if it works on your phone's network. Might be something to it.

I tried it, and I also tried an external router from my modem which has the router built inside of it, so a separate wifi network and that fixed the problem. Not sure if everyone has access to that though.

@Ralo90</a> <em>*FIX FOUND</em>!

You sir, are amazing.

This fixed the issue for me, its caused by network driver/program setting up LSP in my case:

Go to command Prompt -

(Win 7/Vista) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES, right mouse click "Command Prompt", choose "Run as Administrator".

(Win XP SP2 n above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt

In the "Command Prompt" screen, type in

netsh winsock reset

Hit "ENTER" key

Restart your computer.

If you do get a prompt after restart windows to remap LSP, just click NO.