Anyone know why that whenever I host my own lobby for me and my friends, when I choose ‘Random’ grid order, I’m always at the back. The only way to prevent me from being at the back is by choosing PI order, but then thats unfair too as whoever has the highest or lowest PI will be at the font or back. Anyone else experiencing this problem?
I haven’t raced a lot in multiplayer lobbies on FM5, but could it be that the lobby host is put at the back because most often, he/she is the one who picks class/track and might have the advantage of picking a favourite track and adjust the setting to suit him/her? Just spitballing here. I could be completely wrong.
Its not that Sweedish, I am also the unlucky one in the Hoppers, In a night of racing 90% of the time im at the back, wouldn’t mind much but 90% of the time the fast guys I race start on the front row so I gotta get through the 1st lap carnage and slow guys then chase and catch up something wrong with the “Randomness”
thanks for the replies, i’ve been hosting lobbies with friends since the game launched and when i’ve put it to random, 100% every i’ve been at the back. I cant be that unlucky lol its not the end of the world, but it’d be nice that it would be random as it’s random for the others who join in, they will always be on different grid positions, but little 'ol me is always at the back 
I find the hoppers to be very random. Yet still curse my luck when im at the back.
I curse my luck when I’m at the front…some people have depth perception problems or don’t know what brakes are! (Haha) The first turn is a nightmare usually. It makes me wonder “Haven’t these guys learned that the race isn’t won in the first turn or even on the first lap?” But that’s another story.
I haven’t experienced this grid position issue because I don’t race in private lobbies, but I do think online hoppers seem to be pretty random.