#[X Box Series X] Game Freezes/Locks Up when finding a relic during a dive (consistent & repeatable)

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balmy wasp
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On X Box Series X, during a dive if I randomly find a relic while clearing away trash, the game freezes up and actually locks the console up. The Options Button becomes unresponsive (so I can't give Feedback or offer a screenshot). I can hold down the X Box home button and go to the console desktop and from there close the game without needing to do a cold start, but.. obviously all progress lost.

This has happened 4 times and without fail, the game locks up. It has never not locked-up. I don't know if this meets the technical criteria of a "crash," but the game is essentially 'done' at that point until you start that day over.

EDIT: Some additional info, not always this highly consistent and repeatable, it's also instantaneous. The game locks up the moment you find a relic. The PC adopts a stance where they're holding the relic up towards the screen (the "look what I found" pose) and the game freezes up that very moment. There is no period of play afterwards, at that moment the game is unplayable.

I gotta say, the lack of a manual save makes this really unfortunate. I don't know if the intent was to avoid save scumming and make the player be accountable for choices, but it's not worth the trade-off for repeated lost progress.