It was disappointing to find out after all the work I put in that I could not use my custom race to play a local multiplayer game. I understand this was a feature that had to be disabled due to the lag caused in sending huge custom fleets over to the other players. I appreciate the work being put in to make the game robust and reliable, but at the same time I would really like this feature put back in.
If the problem is just in the transfer of fleet models then why not just disable that part? Use a default fleet or better yet have an option in the race creation screen that allows the creator to choose a default fleet and possibly adjust it's colors just to make it unique.
The other option I would like to see is if everyone has already downloaded those races then allow them to be used. I assume I could accomplish this by making a custom mod and having all the players download that, but it seems like I'd be using a sledgehammer to drive a nail.
Loving the game so far. I still haven't mastered it well enough to get to the good stuff. Still building just one big fleet and still playing at normal difficulty, but I hope to get past the learning curve and onto the real game soon.