January 2023 - last edited February 2023
Ironically, after trying everything that I found in other posts about this issue, the only thing that finally worked was trying to run the game with a mod manager (without mods first, then with mods and it worked both times, then added ALOT and launched again using the mod tool and it's still working)
Moral of the story: EA broke their stuff so much with greed and laziness, you HAVE to use a mod program just to run it in its default state.
New name, new look, same great benefits: EA Access and Origin Access are now EA Play.
Get more info on the change here.Reset, update, or link your account information.
View more on EA Help