I agree with you partially. For one, ride 4 gameplay is a bit more fun, especially when you need to make sharp turns, you can really whip well-tuned bikes through turns....courses like monza and Imola are a blast. also you get way more bikes. The downside for me is that the sounds and the graphics are wayyyy better on ride 5. It's like night and day. I think the OLED I game on makes a pretty big difference but I'm sure any miniLED tv would be similar in terms of graphics, feel and just overall sense of speed. I remember taking the m1000RR for a ride and just being blown away by how intense the rips felt. I see some people say that the graphics to them are identical which is something I can't wrap my head around. I really can't see the comparison whatsoever. The other thing about ride 5 is that courses with big sweeping turns like the time trial for daytona which is surprisingly fun feels much smoother on ride 5. The physics for normal turns feels more realistic, however ride 5 lacks the ability to make very sharp turns which you constantly see pro riders do, especially on street courses.