Thanks @RogerFang that worked for me.[FIXED]
Enter the Cyberpunk 2077 folder, delete the "bin" folder, then validate game files via steam. Hope to help somebody else.
Registered crash info file...
InternalVersion: 3.0.3333840 P4CL: 4269468 Stream: //R6.Root/R6.Release
!!!CRASHED!!!
Error Reason: Unhandled exception
Expression: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xC0000005)
Message: The thread attempted to write to an inaccessible address at 0x7FFBA3F253D0.
File: <Unknown>
Line: 0
My software/specs:
Cyberpunk 1.22
GTX 1070 @ driver 466.27
Windows 10.0.19043 Build 19043 (aka. v. 21H1 OS build 19043.1023)
My game saves were from version 1.2 of the game and I had not problem loading those old saves now.
I did not try to re-install the game, I just re-installed my GPU driver and nuked the "bin" folder as advised and validated the game files in steam.
I bet I could have just nuked the "bin" folder without messing with the GPU driver since the game crashed both with and without the new driver.