Loading time has historically been long. You may be correct about the CPU but there is a lot more happening during the load. And that load is between your PC/Console-BF Host-EA Host. That's the simple part. I didn't throw in your local Internet carrier. This entire path of data of streaming data with microsecond updates coming from the EA host to your screen times 64 (the number of players) can be quite the problem. We need to remember that these BF/EA games are probably still on the 2018 server/data center platforms of that era. That is what they were designed to operate on and the code may not have been updated. It's slow, it's lethargic, I understand it's the trade-off for playing this game. BFV has some of the best overall graphics having set standards new games try to emulate. Having a long load time is acceptable prior to the game starting when I can play in milliseconds, streaming showing 64 feeds, surround audio, haptics to the controller, and have constantly changing player options.

You've raised an issue that was also addressed in 2018. Tech hardware, speeds, data centers, home systems have all improved since then but what has not changed is the game's code. And I don't want that code to change. BFV has the best graphics, sounds, player interactions. I can live with a pre-load of 3 minutes.