I've done several long-distance collabs, much like the others have described. One person does the basic "playalong" track(s), whether scratch or final versions. Save as WAV. Everyone else downloads, puts them in their DAW, records their own tracks, and then one person takes all the final stems and mixes them. We also used Google Drive for lyrics and notes to share.
One cool thing I did on one project was have a remote "producer" when I was doing one of my vocals. It was the other person's song, so I wanted their input on my phrasing, timing etc. So I had everything set up in my DAW to record. Then, on a tablet, we fired up a Zoom session. Although my partner couldn't hear his tracks playing (I had them in my headphones hooked up to my interface), he could see and hear me singing, so he could comment & provide guidance in real time after each take, and I could ask questions as needed.
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