I have searched for such a game, featuring both realistic driving and open world roaming.

I settled on BeamNG.drive which can do that out of the box, even though it’s capable of much more. While it lacks the high quality environments of the Forza Horizons it has very good wheel and even VR support and is simply the best automobile sandbox around.

Oh so there is a proper name for this ! I have had those once in a while since I was a kid, and still get them well into my forties.

I do still remember the anxiety the first time it happened.

He manages to toot his own horn and be completely tone-deaf in a single sentence.

He does take portals in the games. But he is quite vocal about hating them.

https://youtu.be/Hvl3G3lu-BM