Update regarding the topic:
I have reset router settings to default and remade the connections again and it seems to work consistently, I guess the topic can be closed.

Thanks for the help guys

After the update I did not get the window that asks for the firewall "allowance", because it is already allowed (network hasn't changed between updates). My windows firewall is not used because it is overriden by BitDefender firewall. Inside bitdefender all ports are allowed, and maniaplan...

Yes, the relay doesn't matter, from what I have seen now the game is stuck at init[dot]v04[dot]maniaplanet[dot]com, which I suppose is the initial server the game connects to.

Hello, The title pretty much sums up my problem. But here is a little bit of in-depth: I have never had issues with connecting to a game before. Yes I did have issues with creating lobbies or hosting my own local server because of NAT, but never connecting. I can connect to absolutely everything on ...

Thanks a lot for your detailed example.
This really helps a lot.

Hello, Even thought that option will definitely help, I observed the following behavior. If you disable respawn (set S_AllowRespawn to False) - it happens as described above so I'm assuming S_RespawnBehaviour changes. But if you enable it again, the respawn behaviour will not change, as it will stil...