(PC) Disconnecting and Rejoining online session

[Elikian 1]

Dear all,

My real-life friends and I play multiplayer championship together. We play on PC, using Steam.
Sometimes someone disconnects "John has left the session" and in F1 2016 the AI takes over control at that point.

According to the sales pitch, it's supposed to be possible to re-join the session again, but how does this work.
My friends have rightclicked my name in their friends lists on steam and select "join game".

In F1 2016, we are still racing, and we get the message "John has joined the session". However, he gets into the lobby menu and he can only spectate, he no longer has the option to select his own car and re-join the race.

How is this supposed to work, how can my friend properly rejoin? Does anyone know?
Any help is appreciated.

[VasuGoud 0]

Dont think you can join back and start racing again,  would be nice to have though

[Nagrom 0]

Hi, he needs to spectate his own car, and he will have the possibility to drive it by pressing a button.
I don't know which one it is, but it will be displayed on the UI, under the wheel icon I believe.

[Elikian 1]

Thank you very much for your response. Will test this tonight :)

Now you mention it i have seen that button before, but always with a red cross through it since I was of course spectating other cars while in garage. So now i know what that button is for.

[Elikian 1]

And just as feedback. We tested it last night, and it worked well.

So thank you for the information, much appreciated.

[Nagrom 0]

You're welcome, i'm glad it helped you :)