Yeah. This game went off the rails a bit, but I wonder how much online competitive sim racing is even much of a thing on console anymore. They should fix it though.
For myself, I'll admit that I played it for a few hours and had fun, but the graphics didn't blow me away enough to keep me playing this over Forza Horizon 5. I do plan to go back to it, but one of the things with GP games from MS is that you know they aren't going anywhere, so you can wait if you're getting your fix somewhere else. I didn't really have time to play this and Starfield, Lies of P, Persona games etc.... this holiday.
I'll believe people when they say the online is borked, as I'm not expert on that, but I also think concurrent Steam numbers in the age of GP are almost meaningless when they are negative.
I'll finish by saying that Turn 10 should have done better after so many years, but if Cyberpunk can make a comeback almost anything can. MS would be wise to sink the resources into revitalizing the Forza Motorsport brand.