Same, this is my first impression of the game and literally just launched it and couldn't get past a settings question without the same error.
I tried to reinstall it to fix it and the next time I opened it up - it literally crashed my computer so hard that it got a black screen and the cursor disappeared, please developer make sure to beta test things fully before launching updates etc. And no, this hasn't happened ever with my computer - thought the game had some virus or something.