I just started having this problem last night. Happens even if I remove my savegames, reinstall the program, use 'play' instead of 'continue', or try to run multiplayer, the crash happens before the Taleworlds logo screen.
2022-10-25_02.25.01_5d46ca85b7cd74da71b3c2178b523f6d is the code for my last attempt. I've played for more than two hundred hours without much issue, including yesterday, so this seems very strange and unprovoked. Running the game directly from the folder didn't help, neither did a full 'clean install'. Everything's up to date (the same as it was before this issue arose).