I got a few hours into Horizon 4 and thought it was decent. Was thinking of just picking up 5 and going from there. Are the graphics better? Have the car customization/upgrades been dumbed down or improved?

Agree about the map clutter, at one point in Horizon 4 it felt like I had so much stuff it was basically a "do whatever the fuck you want, who cares" sort of thing. Was hoping for a more guided progression, bit more of a grind so to speak, to work toward something. As it is now I have a ton of cars and races to pick from already, lots of disjointed story threads that I probably won't get around to completing.