My system was impacted pretty badly by the crash on startup. Almost every time right at the end of the PCF intro video.
This has 100% worked for me. Launch the game and immediately change focus to a different app. Hit the win key or alt tab or w/e. But get to a diff app. Once Outriders has gotten passed the PCF intro to the nvidia splash, you can click into the game and it should be fine.
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