Adding what fixed it for me. Copied from @pegasusMD who linked it to me This worked for me, suggested by @S1tting_Duck in https://issue-council.robertsspaceindustries.com/projects/STAR-CITIZEN/issues/STARC-90467 "I've had this problem for a number of weeks, The problem for me was a DNS resolution issue caused by Vodafone DHCP changes If you are a Vodafone Ireland broadband customer experiencing this problem, you may want to try the following: At a command prompt, type : nslookup google.com If the output is like below and has the "DNS request timed out." message(s) you may have misconfigured DNS settings. C:\>nslookup google.com Server: www.adsl.vf Address: 192.168.1.1 DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. Non-authoritative answer: Name: google.com Addresses: 2a00:1450:4009:820::200e 172.217.16.238 If you see the timeout message shown above: Press the "Windows key + R" shortcut to open the Run dialog box. Type ncpa.cpl in the text box and press Enter Your "Network Connections" will be displayed Right click on your current network adapter (Ethernet, Wifi etc) and select "properties" Select " Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)" Then click the "Properties" button. Click on the "Advanced…" button Select the "DNS" tab Click on the "Append these DNS suffixes(in order): button Click "Add…" In the "Domain suffix:" box enter a full-stop (period) and click the Add button. Click "OK", "OK", "Close" to finish. Note: This change takes immediate effect, there is no need to restart your pc. Retry the "nslookup google.com" at the command prompt and see if the timeouts have gone. C:\>nslookup google.com Server: www.adsl.vf Address: 192.168.1.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name: google.com Addresses: 2a00:1450:4009:821::200e 216.58.201.110 If the timeouts are gone, open the RSI Launcher and try to connect to the game."