It's even worse with races. Car, bike, bicycle, sea, air, GTA and rally. There's no way other than remembering what name is which type of race and then of course you have no idea if you lucked into GTA or rally lobby until you joined the game. So you have to host it yourself and wait for other players, who are unaware of what they're joining.
And they destroyed what was sooo good in GTA IV racing community. I've spent thousands of hours in Race and GTA Race modes because they were simple, but unbelievably enjoyable. No stupid auto aim/free aim split (who the fuck at Rockstar thought it would be a good idea to split player base in half for no fucking reason? :/ ), no power-ups, no ridiculously overpowered slipstream or catch-up. I will never forget GTA races starting in fire trucks or ambulances (we can't even do that now, for fuck's sake), people blocking tight alleys, others camping at rocket launcher spawn, while the rest was looking for a faster car to switch or try to make it in starting vehicle. So many beautiful memories and so much moments of pure joy.
Now with GTA Online in 2 years I've finished something like 50 GTA races (while in IV it was weekly, at worst monthly number) due to Rockstar taking fun away, splitting player base and information of what kind of race I actually join. Damn shame
