Civilization – Is it possible to play the “Earth” map in mulitplayer

After some experimentation, I guessed it was because the game was trying to show me too many things on the turn transition - so what I did was to change to strategic view (F10) just before clicking "next turn", then the transition was quick and I was able to reach the next turn without crashing. I then changed back from strategic to normal view.

I didn't have to do it in subsequent turns, passing that turn everything seemed to go back to normal.

If you have up to date video drivers, then the most likely cause is a bad civ 5 install or bad Steam data on Civ5. I've had this sort of issue with Steam before, just not on Civ5 specifically.

• First order: make sure you have latest drivers.
• Second order: Verify integrity of Civ 5 installation via "Verify Integriy of Game Cache".
• Third order: delete Civ 5 off the box, reinstall from Steam.
• Fourth order: copy SteamApps data to temp space, delete steam, reinstall steam, copy SteamApps data back.

That's all the steps I've had to take in the past to get a broken steam game working. If none of this works for you, sorry, but this list has been all I've ever had to perform. Although I have had to do the first and second options repeatedly to fix a game.