Do people who hate on open world arcade racers, not like games like TDU 2?
I honestly think there is a market for them
I think it comes down to the difference of preferring "driving games" or "racing games". Open world games are much better driving games, where you can play for 100s hours and still find new routes and just drive around aimlessly, doing challenges, driving around wtih friends or whatever.
Racing though, is just better on closed track. But I personally don't really care for it that much. I vastly prefer the road trips and leisure of driving offered by TDU, Crew and Forza.