@Jean Lafitte We share the exact same issues it would seem.
It is the same reason I haven't been actively playing for 2-3 weeks. I have decided to relinquish ownership of my very small but active company to one of the competent high ranking members who still plays daily. It's not fun playing the game as a liability. A game crash while steering a ship make group members unable to even take the wheel until my character falls asleep or is killed. Lost 5 ships because of this and stopped counting the amount of tames lost. Days or weeks worth of progress lost in a few seconds is usually fine under normal in-game circumstances but this is just plain demoralizing, especially for small company and solo players who work their asses off to achieve something. Coupled with all the other issues like PvE griefing (i don't even know if this has been fixed yet since the patch that was suppose to fix it didn't) and the swarms of block-lettered names running around and littering entire islands with foundations, this is the first time in my 300+ hours played where I can't think of anything more appropriate than "fuck this shit, I'm out".
Some possible solutions I've found and tried (of which none worked): Lowering graphics settings; low-memory mode, reinstalling game, verifying game files, updating graphics drivers, rolling back graphics drivers, overclocking, downclocking, locking/limiting fps, running as administrator, closing all background apps.
Strangely enough, this issue seems more common on "higher" tier rigs. Some people have been having this crashing issue for years in Ark and is still to this day. Yes, desperation has made me visit those forums as well since Ark and Atlas are essentially two apples from the same tree.
I'll keep an eye on the game and maybe try it again in a few months or a year. Apart from all this crap it is actually a fun game and it clearly has a lot of potential. Hopefully by that time things will be better. Alternatively, history will repeat itself and I might just raft around for 6 hours (in 10-20min crash intervals), basking in the glow of my 7 corpses while trying to find a piece of desolate soil that hasn't been plagued by foundation spammers, flags or demon possessed alphas - Just like all the other naked homeless people that decides to join the game right now. Only time will tell.
Specs for those interested: i7-8700K, 1080 Ti, 16GB RAM, SSD M2
