if you want to speed up your early game and all players in your game are availlable at the same time you can also start normal MP game with simultanious turns; play as long as you guys can, and then use the last save file to start a GMR match. this will allow your game to boost into turn 40 within a 1 or 2 hours and then keep rolling via GMR

imo since you can get additional information from moving units, reloading, move in other direction and reload again, this is actually cheating.
but atm there is no way to disable "realoading". so it is best to allow it for all players... :/

Thank you guys for this VERY helpfull information.

@ Rillithain: I think these informations (with the uncheck DLC's hint, or the unbloat-mod) should be added to the FAQ section. Most players will have a look in the FAQ when experiencing first problems.

Hi guys, since a few days every single turn i want to submit is "bloated". So i have to spend 3-5 attempts for every game to submit 1 single turn. does anybody else experience this atm? What can i do against this?