Was bit by this same issue. Took my friends and I a couple days before we learned we were on "expensive," mode. Definitely not the expected default.

This appears to be a previously resolved bug resurfacing. The game crashes immediately on launch when I have more than two monitors connected. Disconnecting one display allows the game to boot, as does the suggested --force-d3d option. I should note that like this report , my tertiary monitors are ...