Ideas
1. I can get into the main menu then went trying to load a save it crashes back to the EA app after being in the loading screen for a minute or two. When i removed all my save files and mods, repaired the game, and booted up a new save, the game was incredibly laggy and slow. I was able to make a random sim but when trying to move into a lot, I got an endless load screen. I don't get any error code, the EA app sometimes (not every time) just tells me that the game failed to load after it crashes.
2. Not from what I can tell.
3. Happens on all saves including issues with a new clean save.
4. Yes and the issue persists despite removing them, removing all saves, repairing the game and starting a new save. I have not tried uninstalling/reinstalling at this time; I am waiting to see if EA fixes the update before I do.