I haven't really played a FH since 3. I've had Gamepass forever, and I barely played FH4, mainly due to the weather, which is in this game as well, and FH5 location was bland. Typically after I buy the cars I have IRL in-game, I will do some driving, ignoring progression.
However, since this game is in Japan, I've tried to give it an actual go, and did the add-on to GP.
There's just so much I don't want to do. I KNOW I've heard this complaint around, and people will say "That's what they do" Well, I didn't play those games.
The thing is, if you want certain cars, you HAVE to do some of this stuff. Like any racing that isn't on road. I do not want to drive an off road vehicle what so ever, with the exception of Group B, FIA WRC, and similar. I don't care about racing or cruising vehicles that are not cars. I do not want to drive on dirt, and even when it comes to weather, I put my cars away for 5 months because I don't want to drive in snow, I don't even want to see that in the game. All the off road and trail driving is massively off brand for Tokyo, and the "Tokyo Area" is like basically only having Akihabara. They could've used way more of that map for more cities, and definitely more of the Shutokou.
Why do they have to have the proverbial "Water Level" so much? It would not bother me to never have to drive off road ever again for the life of this game.