So I found a better way to start a new game, but you will erase all your cloud saves doing so. Basically, you have to delete all you local saves from your respawn folder, then you start origin in offline mode, play the game from a new start, get to place where it saves, turn off the game, put origin in online mode, go to Origin application settings - Installs & Saves - cloud storage, click cloud storage on and off (just to reset it) make sure it is on when you are done, then start the game again (origin will ask you if you want to delete or local files or cloud files; delete the cloud files, start the game. In doing this you will lose all your old saves but you start from scratch and are actually able to play the game again. Hopefully, the issue does not happen again. . .