[Bug]: Initial execution of Playwright.create() is relatively slow

[ptrdom]

Version

1.42.0

Steps to reproduce

1. Clone my repo https://github.com/ptrdom/playwright-selenium-comparison.
2. Run sbt test.
3. Observe execution times.

Can also check logs in https://github.com/ptrdom/playwright-selenium-comparison/actions.

Expected behavior

I would expect the first execution to not be significantly slower.

Actual behavior

First execution of Playwright test is significantly slower than second one, and also in comparison slower than Selenium.

Environment

The linked repository has GitHub actions running on latest versions of all available operating systems.

[yury-s]

On the first invocation the method will extract playwright driver into a temp directory. If performance of the method is critical, you can use preinstalled driver or your own loader, see this comment.

Folding into #1196