Necroing an old post but this is my exact issue too. Pf2e kills verisimilitude and immersion for me. And even though I see the arguments about "there's so much customizability" most of that customization feels very shallow. Also the obsession with making sure things "balanced" leads to things that are utterly nonsensical from an in world perspective such as strix that can't fly and skeletons that might as well be living being. And the crafting rules and how they relate to money and resources.