[Lorenzo Andalò]

Thank you very much Lorenzo for explaining … and indeed the rating did really stay untouched (what a relief).

If people keep getting no join to the SRS server (I did) although they have no start up parameters set in Steam - keep messing with Steam, shutting Steam down, reloading it, cycle your computer (and make sure still there are no startup parameters just in case).
This helped me to get the auto join to work.

Unfortunately I could not race either because I was kicked from the server a few moments after I managed to join.
Is there any trouble shooting for getting kicked off the SRS server?

I'd say is just the same problem that somehow got a bit better, because now you actually see the server for a moment, but is defenetly the same issue... it sure is time consuming, but I would do as follow:
-delete everything, the SRS folder, any shortcut to it if you created it, even the compressed folder you downloaded if you still got it
-chek if Steam client is updated (just for safety, shouldn't take long)
-run an integrity check on Raceroom itself (that is going to take some time)
-exit Steam (not just minimize it, exit completely)
-download the SRS folder again, make sure you extract it with a good app (possibly the one suggested in the instructions post) and triple check you are moving the extracted folder in the right place
-try to join again the first scheduled race, as I said if you leave before qualy ends you get no penalties, that way you'll know immediatly if this worked, if it did just run a couple of laps to be sure it's stable and leave before qualy ends, you'll be able to join safely your favorite race later...