Golden Recticle of Death

[AWL_Spinner]

Thanks, but still no joy.

I got momentarily excited after reinstalling the items under /redist (point no.3) and deleting the cache as I just got a black screen when the launcher crashed, rather than the golden plane.

Progress, thinks I.

But no, it was still a launcher crash.

I don't have New View or Free Track.

Reinstalled from Steam, deleted cache several times.

Sigh.

[NedLynch]

Very strange, indeed, the game should run for you.
The only thing I have to say, and I am aware that this normally should not be the issue, since it's the launcher and one is always advised to install the latest drivers for your video card, I did not like the 275.33 driver, can elaborate on it if desired, but I rolled my driver back to the 270....whql.
Just set your fanspeed high enough in the nvidia control panel (80% or more).

[Troll2k]

You might try going to the launcher file and go to properties.Then the compatibility tab and disable desktop composition.