I tried afresh today having noticed there was an update for the game. I read a bit more about the vertical sync issue so thought I would try the approach I read about ...
1. I copied the game file again under 'Documents > Electronic Arts' and started a fresh game.
2. I closed the game as soon as I was able and opened the Options.ini file and changed the value for verticalsync to 1.
3. I reopened the game and was able to play for around 5 minutes before the loading screen froze again.
4. I closed the game, and went to reopen and wasn't even able to reload the game.
What am I missing and doing wrong here? From everything I have read, Sims 4 should run beautifully on my setup. Is anyone able to offer me any advice at all? Is there some fundamental step I not doing? I would love to be able to play this beautiful game, but I am at the point of calling it a day. I have done so much research and troubleshooting and just cannot figure this out. Any help would be really appreciated.