The fix for Mad Max not launching - READ ME IF YOUR GAME CRASHES ON LAUNCH.

[Old Ghost]

It's related to a missing .dll file - if you browse local files on Steam and attempt to double click the Mad Max exe, you'll get a DLL error.

Add/remove programs > uninstall both the 2010 x64 and x86 2010 c+++ redistributables and then reinstall 2010 c+++ x64.

A video tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mzBpO0sJPk

The link for Microsofts 2010 c+++ x64 redistributable - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14632

[Old Ghost]

Bump for visibility.

[MF-BooM]

That did the trick. Thank you for this.

[Myko]

that redistributable no longer exists on the microsoft store, and I already installed it (the redistributable)