Same issue here,
more of a step by step of what I did
1. Extract the mods to a custom mod folder
2. Start the game, enable bugfix v5, apply, exit
3. Start the game active aric below bugfix, apply (get some warnings but no errors), exit (bugfix and aric are the only mods active, order bugfix 0, aric 1)
Now after this when I try to start the game, it crashes during load (the music starts playing but the menu doesn't pop up) and it just closes down.
I figured it might be some issue with the path, so I did the same again but step 1 extract to %AppData%/Strive/mods folder like I was told to, same issue.
Note: Out of desperation I tried it with a fresh x32 copy as well, but had the same issue, except this time the music doesn't even get to start before the initial load crashes.
I get the same warning as described above when applying arics but I figured it was not an issue as it's not an error.