I tried about 15 times (making a new character each time :/)
got in once last night and actually past the race but then it made me do this stupid drug mission and as I was chasing this guy I ran outta bullets, he seemed smarter than ai on single player because everytime I was able to trash his car he'd just steal another one. I tried to quit the job but the game just crashed and I lost my 16th online character :/ gave up trying after that night.