If your game goes black and then eventually crashes your video driver, it might be a Windows feature called "Timeout Detection and Recovery" (TDR). Windows thinks your GPU is frozen and resets it, causing the black screen.
The most common cause is the "Exclusive Fullscreen" mode fighting with Windows. Switching to Borderless Window mode fixes 90% of black screen cases, but you have to get into the game first to change it. nfs payback black screen fix
If the screen goes black 5-10 seconds after the EA logo, the GPU driver is timing out. If your game goes black and then eventually