I can consistently reproduce it with the following steps:
1. Delete mods directory
2. Start the game
3. Hit the Exit option from the main menu
It must be something specific to the rest of my setup or configuration though, because I haven't been able to reproduce it with any of the following:
- A freshly unzipped copy
- That freshly unzipped copy with the config.ini or player-data.json from my normal copy
- the crop-cache.dat from my normal copy in the unzipped copy (and deleting the crop-cache from my normal copy doesn't fix the crash either)
If there's any more information or tests you can think of, I'll be happy to provide.
Windows error
log of a crashed instance
log of a normally closed instance