Game crashing 1st 3 times since latest updates

Since the last major update my game crashes the first 3 times i try to play it after restarting my computer.

I’m on Windows 10 Pro and use VR (HP Reverb). I’m not getting game crash reports, it’s just hanging and silently closing (or I have to manually close) and I relaunch the game from the launcher.

ironically, this issue has been better since I made this post…