Game is unplayable due to crashes (POE2)

Since the last steam update I'm constantly crashing.

Crashes occur on:
Loading into maps
Relaunching game and selecting last played character after crashing on loading into a map
Using a skill after loading into into a map after crashing and relaunching game after trying to load into a map
Sometimes skills work for a while so when I try to create a portal = crash due to portal animation.

My PC:
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor (4.2GHz)
32GB RAM
4070TI

All drivers up to date
BIOS up to date
Clean reinstall of POE2 tried 3 times
Internet speed 500Mbps

tested multiple graphics settings.

Seems to be overreaching on my CPU?
I checked the graphs and basically whenever a crash happens it's because the game is causing my CPU to spike up to 100% and then just dumps the game. During a normal play session I would usually see my CPU hovering between 60-70% usage up to 80% max.

These crashes specifically have ONLY been happening since the last Steam update less than a week ago.

Before that I would only get the NVIDIA crash after a certain amount of playtime every session.
Right now the game is completely and utterly unplayable for me and I feel like more testing could brick my CPU or something cause it's deffo not healthy spiking like this.

Cheers and fix at least one of your games GGG.

PS: I supported POE2 with the highest supporter pack.

Doormat alert.
Edit: No Idea why I posted it into the POE1 forum, pls move it to POE2 cheers