Reinstalled it a second time. Launched fine. Got to the main menu. Tried to start a new game and crashed during loading screen. Now I'm back to where I was before: carshes after launch.
I thought Steam was just being really gay, so I restarted my comp. I boot up steam and I see FONV downloading in my game library - all the way from ZERO %. I didn't delete any content. All I did was restart.
WHY is this game so BUGGY after all this time it's been out???
I want a refund.