Same Issue just got Game off of Impulse.
Not to often but I hear a Sound Squelch as if there were outside interferance from the soundcard to speakers then the game also crashes shortly after.
Same here, just got the game from Impulse.
I also hear the sound squelch you mentioned. In my case I get two random squelches together at a time.
I have only played for a couple of hours so I haven't run into the other problems mentioned...yet.
Windoze XP
ATI HD4870
SB X-Fi Xtreme audio card
