I still have not been able to get past the tutorial in GTA V. I’m stuck on the ‘waiting for other players’ screen again. I’ve read of a few possible workarounds, one mentioned on the Rockstar website involves deleting the title update from your hard drive and downloading it again. I’m going to try that and if that doesn’t work then I’ll just give it a rest until Rockstar gets all the bugs worked out.
UPDATE:
Ok so I deleted and redownloaded the title update and tried joining GTA Online via the ‘solo session’ option which some people have said has worked, however this time I get stuck on an infinite loading screen where before it said ‘waiting for players’ so I’ve made no progress. Looks like I’ll be waiting awhile longer to check out GTA Online.
avideogamelife 
Just to let you know I’ve nomiated you for a Liebster Award. Well done!
Also I think that it’ll take a while before GTA Online works right. Sadly.
Why is it that video game developers always have issues when releasing online based games? The delays associated with GTA V online are not exclusive to Rockstar games only. The same thing happened earlier this year with SimCity, an online based simulation video game produced by Electronic Arts and Maxis. I guess video game developers should test online releases well in advance in order to ensure that launches go smoothly and fans do not get disappointed.