Game crashes loading first level

[Mustache Bud (Fred)]

Hey everyone.

So basically what the title says. The game crashes on starting a new game, after title cutscene right after the loading. Just straight back to desktop.

I've tried the vulkan fix in this link
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2835541445

I've tried different resolutions, Windowed.

Compatability mode, administrator.

I have different hard drives so I tried installing it on my main one.

No luck at all so far. The game seemingly runs fine in the menu and such so not sure what's happening really. You'd think it was fine with rendering since the menu is a rendered scene with grass.

Any input greatly appreciated.

I'll keep trying hopefully I figure out a fix.

All the best