Alright, so this is a kind of strange one.
Anytime I start a new game it goes to the loading screen before a CTD. It doesn't matter who I play as, map size, or difficulty, quick vs normal start. I CTD every time when it is "building map."
But whats strange is that I have successfully played the game since its release without this issue. In fact, I can STILL load saved games and play normally. To my knowledge it didn't update today. Nothing on my computer has changed either.
Anyone else experiencing something similar or have a fix?