Uninstalled 2023.3, clean install of 2023.8, new user settings new everything, clean timeline without effects and crashes are happening constantly. Some get to the error dialogue to send to Avid and some just don't even do that.
I'd understand if there were some effects, but hitting play should not crash it.
This has been the most buggy version for me and I've been on Avid since the mid 90's.....
Rant over, losing too much time over this software right now so need to diagnose....