I am having the same issue. I too was able to get into the game the same way and it played with no issues. I exited the game to see if it was fixed but it persisted.

I uninstalled and reinstalled the game and that didn't help either. I also ended up with an HTTPS system error -2146697211. I eventually got around that by deleting the boot config file, which then lead to the text entry lines being a white box, which got fixed by changing my launcher color. However the launcher remained slow. Now currently re-patching the game.

I too would appreciate guidance on how to fix this. I checked my edge settings and they were correct.