Big Explosions Cause CTD

[Kurt91]

I've had this problem constantly, and I'm getting annoyed having to travel in roundabout routes to avoid it in the Capital Wasteland. If there's a particularly big explosion from cars blowing up, and especially if it causes a chain reaction, my game just dumps me at the desktop.

Is there a setting that I can change that will prevent this from happening as often? If not, then as a last resort or workaround, is there a mod that prevents the cars from blowing up? Oftentimes, I'm not even near a car. I'm smart enough to know not to use them for cover, but when enemies are carrying machine guns and missile launchers, there's a lot of collateral damage coming from them.

[undeadrat]

I get this at the raider outpost near the Flooded Metro. There are so many cars that when the chain reaction goes my screen turns white and the game crashes.