NFS Unbound Constant Crashing Despite Trying Many Solutions (Steam)

Hello, I got Unbound on the recent sale and while the game isn't totally unplayable, I can't go more than an hour without the game crashing. Often, it crashes sooner. The game seems more sensitive to crashing when I'm running Firefox in the background, which is frustrating because I like to listen to videos while I play.

The crashes are usually just close to desktop with no error message. They happen most often when loading between two areas (e.g., before starting a race) or alt-tabbing in and out of the game. I don't experience crashes on any other NFS game. 

I've looked around on various forums and videos for solutions and have tried many, but nothing seems to work consistently. I'm open to any alternative suggestions. 

Here is a list of the things I have already tried doing: 
- Updating windows
- Updating GPU drivers (most recent NVIDIA studio driver) 
- Reinstalling the game
- Verifying game files
- Clearing game cache and shader cache
- Clearing EA app cache
- Locking the game to 60 FPS
- Setting the game to borderless
- Disabling DLSS
- Disabling Steam overlay
- Disabling as many background tasks as I can
- Running the game in administrator mode
- Setting the game to default high performance mode on Windows

Finally, my PC exceeds the system requirements for the game--GPU is a 4070ti and CPU is a 7600X.