Clients in the server list are actually slots*, see server details for actual players). *Which the new not-so-retarded (ie less retarded than before) online system uses to initialize the slots.
Either Eclipse was still in diapers when he joined or AndRand has been "raised in the woods"(FIN-EN-PL translation considered to best of my ability(currently) and/or the 'childproof'-lock his/her parents installed is still active
I will abstain further explanations, until people with questions add their age to their profile.
I might have lost 'The Situation' (blame my sister for knowing the tern).
I'm against mandatory anything, the 'Vox populi' should mandate the default. Although in the cases where the populi are blithering idiots, ignore them.
In Netkar v.Whatever you had to drive a borken Fiat Whatever to pits while it RAPED your wheel FFB motor and/or cogs, in single player practice mode. That is seriously favouring realism instead of (a racer) user experience.
Currently in AC you only need stop in multiplayer to be able to 'ESC', It's all fine and dandy while you are NOT falling into nothingness@~600MPH. Just wait while AC.exe crashes or forcibly quit it through taskmanager,.