Since you mentioned AG racers, check out BallisticNG and the Redout games.

How’s Redout 2 compared to the first one? I have the original, but have been on the fence with the sequel.

• WRC 7, 10, Generations
• Dirt Rally 2.0
• Rush Rally Origins
• Old School Rally
• Super Woden GP2
• New Star GP
• Forza Horizon 5 (I don’t own this one, but hear it’s very good)
• BallisticNG
• Gravel
• GRIP: Combat Racing
• Wreckfest (don’t own this either but I’ve played it in the past, it’s good)
• Assetto Corsa
• Assetto Corsa Competizione
• Descenders
• Grid Autosport
• Redout
• Automobilista 2
• V-Rally 4
• Sebastian Loeb Rally Evo

These vary between arcade and simulation racing, and things in between. For some (Assetto Corsa games, Automobilista, WRC and Dirt Rally games) a racing wheel is highly recommended.

The main story points are further apart level-wise, leading to more grinding. There’s also more fluff side story content involving multiple characters instead of just one. Which isn’t bad in itself, but none of it is actually optional because of the leveling curve. And the two multi-character “side plots” I did… anime is an apt comparison, they kinda felt like hot springs episodes. No bearing on the overarching plot.

The way it was done, the story beats for individual character plot arcs are very far apart. 30 hours in, I only had a few characters through the second parts of their stories.

I was pretty engaged with a few of the individual stories (the thief, the healer, the merchant, the scholar) so this was really frustrating.

I really like the first one, but OT2 felt very padded. At 30 hours I think I was less than halfway through the game. I got frustrated and put it down, never got back to it.

First the couch, then the pope, and now Trump.