Ring Racers Crashing

Whenever I start up Ring Racers, I'm able to play the game for a solid two minutes before the WHOLE THING FREEZES, literally locking my entire computer and rendering every key practically useless except the power button. When this happens, I need to do a hard reset of my computer. How do i solve this problem? And yes, the physical indicators on my Caps and Function keys do light up, even while it's frozen.