That was a bug. You are supposed to always start of in front of the entrance to your hideout on the "Highways" map. Because, well, it is your hideout/ base and that is where it is located. It is only natural to start from there.yea thats getting boring as when u leave the hideout it should randomly respawn you into the 3 different zones, idk this did happened once in my playthru, but I am not sure how this was triggered or under what conditions this will trigger as since that happened once I am unable to do it again as each time I leave the hideout it will be at the same old starting area.
This game is planed to be a Open world with the maps being inter connected and a actual story at some point. Unlike Tarkov where you only play on one map, without the option to go somewhere else during a match.Or just have exits in each of the maps that lead to the hideout. Then it'll actually play like an extraction shooter, which this game very clearly wants to be.
If you want to travel fast, use the Hover bikes, that are all over most of the maps. If you know how to use them you are able to make it home within a fairly short amount of time.