So, I decided to start a new game today with the Wild Wastelands perk. Everything was running moderately smoothly, besides the sound issues, those I'm pretty convinced are always going to be in the game until they officially get patched.

I finished the tutorial and headed back to town, picked up a shovel and some other gear and then fast traveled to the Goodsprings Cemetery, there I went ahead and dug up all of the graves and repaired my 9mm pistol with the one I found. And then as I decide to take the lazy way and fast travel back to town to speak with that lady at the Prospector Saloon, my game insta-crashes right after I hit "yes" on on the fast travel button before it has a chance to load. I've tried this three times and get the same result.