I personally don't care to use nos. Dead weight, to me. I have a couple no nos tunes that beat nos installed cars(I don't max tune). It's all in preference I suppose?
At least it isn't just me. I've been experiencing the same nonsense for a few hours. The only time I can actually play the game, but can't actually play. Pretty disappointing. :/
They are bots to help keep lobbies alive when they start getting low. They eventually disappear once the lobby reaches a certain number of racers. Every bot you race is similar to the tune you're using yourself, so you have a good chance of winning rather than losing. Most people try to find them to help with tuning so…
There's still issues of players not being able to even play. Put yourself in their position, would you want others to have compensation for all the issues while you still couldn't play? I personally wouldn't. Just be patient like the vast majority. It will come if and when it's ready to be distributed. Just my opinion.