Escape from Tarkov Update Adds Long-Awaited Quality-of-Life Feature

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After the latest Escape from Tarkov update (1.0.1.0), players are discovering a much-requested feature: a loading progress bar. This new addition to the game’s interface shows players how long it will take to enter a raid, improving the overall experience.

Now, you won’t have to wonder how long it will take to load into your game. The progress bar clearly shows your position in the loading queue, the estimated time remaining, and how long you’ve already waited – though seeing your wait time isn’t new.

Small Tarkov Change, Big Impact

As a huge Escape from Tarkov player, loading into raids has always been a real pain point for me. Seriously, sometimes it takes forever – we’re talking ten minutes or more just waiting to get into a match! It’s frustrating to sit there and waste time when you just want to play.

The recent update, released with the winter event patch, improves the user interface to address a previous issue.

This update doesn’t fix slow loading times – those will be addressed later. Instead, it provides a fairly accurate estimate of how long players can expect to wait before entering a raid. This prevents endless waiting in the queue; if the estimated load time is 10 minutes, players can simply cancel and rejoin the queue.

Players are reporting inaccuracies with the current system. One player mentioned their estimated completion time was over six minutes, but they finished their activity in just three.

While it might seem small to new players, long-time Escape from Tarkov fans will agree this addition was desperately needed and should have come much sooner.

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2025-12-25 10:49