It held on that screen for a few minutes, the first time I simply restarted the game.
The second time I went and ate then came back, and it was still there roughly 30-40 minutes later, restarted the game.
The third time I held skip and the game progressed like normal.
Frame-rate I'm unsure atm but can check within the next few days, but I don't forsee a Vermeer CPU & GA102 GPU to dip below 60FPS at all. Come to think of it, if there's no frame-rate cap by default on the game that could be a possible cause of the issue.