Everytime I update nvidia drivers the game crashes on launch ...

And it's absolutely related to Shader building.

If I log on one of my main toons with MTX and in a crowded location, the game will crash before I load in.

After updating the drivers I always need to log on either a new character, or someone in highgate or another lower-pop location, and then systematically go to different locations and let the shaders build up.

I've got a 4090, i9 13900KF, 64GB of fast ram and running from nvme ssd.

It's utterly insane there isn't some kind of throttling to shader deployment.

Wow, thanks for posting because I had the same issue immediately after updating my NVIDIA drivers. I used DDU to remove the new drivers, installed an older one and it was to no avail.

Had to make a brand new character and now it's loaded up perfectly on all characters and zones.

---In case anyone is having the same issue, just make a new character and load into the beach (I went all the way to town before swapping characters back) and you'll be golden.