BeamNG Severe Playability Issues

I took a 3-month hiatus from BeamNG drive. Today, I tried to play again due to severe playability issues.

Let me define "severe playability issues"...

I open the game. The menu is there. I go through the menus and try to load up a map. My game crashes just as the simulation is activated. The game attempts to load a vehicle, but is unsuccessful because the simulation cuts off before the vehicle is loaded. I tried changing the graphics settings, and while the simulation ran for a second longer, there was still no success.

This occurs on every map from East Coast to Simple Grid.

My computer is no rocket, but it was able to run BeamNG perfectly fine a couple months ago.
System specs:
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz processor
NVidia GeForce 9800GT graphics card
3.25GB usable RAM
Windows 7 Home Premium (32 bit)

 

Your graphics card does not support DX10.1, and the game now runs on DX10.1/DX11. That's the error.

Plus, it's pretty weak and would not get a decent framerate at all.

You can download the legacy DX9 version from the steam betas tab, that should work on an old GPU like yours.

 

¡Ay, caramba! Thanks for that.

 

Is this your card?

http://www.gpureview.com/GeForce-9800-GT-card-575.html

I would definitely suggest an upgrade if it is