There is a temporary lobby back online.
You need to do an edit on your system:
Go to:
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc (the etc is a folder ) and edit the 
HOSTS file with wordpad or notepad and add:
81.3.59.61 www.gtl-server.net at the bottom. (Ignore the hyperlink, it is doing that automatically)
The folder may be hidden so you may need to 
search folders for 
system32 from the 
start menu.
People running dedicated servers will need to do this on their server also.
Currently the only open server running is the Gamers Crib TC-65+ server.
Thanks to Ramon from RaceDepartment for setting this up.
Thanks to Whoopster at GC for this info.