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.