Lmao the thing with the car is a pain in the ass but I find it funny you're complaining about talking at a funeral for what was a main character for the first hour or so. If you want more pew pew, do gigs and the ncpd icons.
Yeah I think it makes sense if you're fresh. The perks/levelling systems are changing a bunch from what I understand. I think that would be pretty confusing mid playthrough.
I was very excited for this prior to release. I never played the TTRPG but I did play a lot of the Shadowrun system.
On release I was quite disappointed with it, I couldn't really put my finger on exactly why (aside from the obvious). I started back up in December and it seemed a lot better, suddenly making the game a top 10 for me. Since then I've hit all the endings.
That being said I wouldn't buy it or start it until the DLC patch releases. Apparently quite a few changes are coming to the base game when the DLC comes out.