Battlefield 2042 Infinite Loading screen on start up

Greetings
I have had this issue since I got the game 2 weeks ago. Not sure who else experiences this issue and whether a fix for it has been found (I havent read all the topics and discussions yet, and if there are any referring to it, please tag me in them).
I have to launch the game twice every time I want to play the game. on the first launch, the game doesnt show the "connecting to server" layout above the loading screen with the sun shining and the jet flying and such. I have to quit the game and re-launch it to actually get to the point where the game shows the "connecting to server" layout and then after loading into the main menu.