Patch 2.6.1: No more stuck race starts

This is a small fix for a big annoyance. When a viewer's join didn't reach the Stream Racer servers, or the connection stalled, the race could hang at the start line and never begin. That is now fixed.

What changed

When the race starts, the game waits at most 10 seconds for joins that are still processing. Then it starts with everyone who made it.
A join that drops out is retried automatically. If a viewer still can't be registered, they are left out of that race so everyone else can go ahead. They can type !race to join again.
If nobody is left after that, the game reopens the lobby and resets the countdown. It no longer starts an empty race that would never finish.
Server requests now give up after 30 seconds instead of waiting forever on a stalled connection.

Hosts, update and race on. Racers, type !race in chat when the lobby opens!

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