@Ole Marius Myrvold I also trust your opinion very much, what do you think?
Horizon... 4? Hmm, I see that Microsoft doesn't show gametime. But I have played that quite a bit.
It is a bit tricky to be "neutral" though, as I found Horizon 3 to be extremely fun, but that was my first Horizon.
Horizon 4 didn't feel that much different, but I liked the Fortune Island DLC, and the game had proper
snow. Horizon 5 is much of the same, so for me, who have them all. Horizon 4 and 5 feels like very expensive map DLC's for Horizon 3.
Regardless. It is an arcade game, but where knowledge of car behaviour and physics will help you. Racing lines, setting cars up for corners etc. is all things that are useful.
I've probably spent 1500-1800 hours in Horizon 3,4 and 5 in total. But much of that have been with friends, so the only thing I am unsure of, is how much time you get out of it if you play it all alone.
But the games are fun, and possibly the best "arcade, but sensible physics" games out there. I also only use a gamepad for Horizon.