Long Loading & Disconnect

Approximately 1/2 times that I play a mission, I will suddenly drop from the game with a “disconnect” error. This often happens before I even get into the mission in the first place. Combine that with the absurdly long loading screens, and you might imagine that I’m having a frustrating experience. At least one of my friends who plays with me regularly also gets this problem. Recently, after suffering a disconnect, I was stuck in a perpetual loading screen that went at least 5 minutes before I quit the game. I don’t even want to restart the game just on account of the ages-long loading screens alone.

Platform:
Steam

PC Specifications:
Intel Core i5 @ 2.80 GHz
16 gb ram
GeForce GTX 1660 Super
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