I'm experiencing heavy stuttering and freezes after loading, I guess because the game is loading textures. This does however occur even with the graphics turned down (including 640x480 resolution)
I been searching around for a while, but is this a known issue?
Also, steam overlay does not appear to be a culprit

My specs:
Core i5 2500k
MSI Radeon R7 290 (Radeon software version 16.1.1)
Gigabyte Z77-UD3H mobo
Windows 10

Its a minor issue, but can be quite tedious at times. Otherwise, the game performs well.
Its worth mentioning I'm running a 16:10 monitor at 1920:1200 resolution, but that shouldn't be the culprit.