First , try simple to reboot PC .
Second , never launch game by freelancer exe , only by discovery launcher cause freelancer exe can cause bugs ( best to delete freelancer exe shortcut to not cause you trouble) . It is possible it caused bug that prevent you to play normally . In such cases where install is corrupted , it is best to re-install game .
Third , during game install , it is best to close all programs running ( like skype , movies watching , torenting , programs extracting , files downloading , games playing etc)) to prevent possible corrupted installs .
Fourth , updater can sometimes take a long time to get all updates , did you wait long enough ?