It seems that capping my framerate at 60 doesn't fix the problem. Next step I took was to drop my graphics settings all the way to the lowest setting they could go, the default "very low". I guess this somehow skips the entire cinematic that occurs after the loading screen and you're set into the next area right away, so I'm not entirely sure if it actually fixed the issue or not, but I was at least able to get past it.
