EA WRC - Error 110 when trying to enter Clubs or other online based section

Hi all,

Recently I have changed my old laptop with a new PC. Until then, I was able to run the game fine more or less, considering my laptop was really weak. But after I installed the game on the PC, I am not able to access Clubs or any other online based feature. The error that I get is "Unable to connect to EA Servers. Please check your internet connection, make sure Platform Client is online and try again. Error: 110". I did check my internet connection and all is good on this end. I did try several suggestions on the internet (like restarting the PC, reinstalling the game, etc.), but still nothing. 

Can you please help me with this? Currently I am participating in several online championships, but I am not able to compete until this is resolved.

Thank you in advance.

EDIT:
After recent updates (2 weeks later than my initial post), when I launched the game, I was prompted to login to Racenet and since then, I am able to play the game.