When I played during a previous free fly weekend, I initially spawned in much the way you describe, then died and respawned in a completely different location (

When I played during a previous free fly weekend, I initially spawned in much the way you describe, then died and respawned in a completely different location (a city of some kind) with no indication of what I should be doing, and no map to find my way around, and objective markers that would change what they point to whenever I would start getting closer. I never figured out what they were even pointing to. That experience put me off the game pretty much permanently. You're spot on about "too much realism." The city I was in was incredibly intricate and didn't have any sort of layout that helps you navigate. So many areas I found my self lost in had seemingly no use to players in-game.