If you are having very bad load times (30+ minutes or similar), try this:
turn off your network
start the game
wait until you see the screen that network is needed
turn on network
enjoy
I observed that the intro video does not play smooth with this method, and who cares, but this may be a tip to the Asobo team what conflicts with the smooth load process on some computers
Top ! Thank you for .
Oh my, this actually worked 
Thanks!
guys, as of Sunday you need to disable the conenction when you see the Asobo logo, the rest unchanged
WOW!!! It works !!! Thank you
Mine are normal afaik (about 2 min) but I would pay to get rid of intro animations, specially the scary deer 
you can look for the intro video in the installation folder and replace it with your favorive mp4 file, just keep it the same name
UPDATE : after the Dec 11 program update, at least on my side, the workarounds were not needed (IPV6 or network off/on methods). Hope that many of you also see an improvement,