They announced it would be like this ages ago.
Frankly: I'm not excited about the driving either, but they knew how to handle it well in Dead Island – whereas Rocksteady had never handled driving before and arguably fucked it up first time.
A) There's a precedent with Dying Light: The Following
B) The world looks flatter and more spacious than the previous two maps, so I have little doubt it will be useful, but still more optional than the Batmobile in Arkham Knight
I'd rather a big, new chunk of city, too - but I'm OK with this. I will simply choose not to use the car a lot of the time
which was a valid way of playing Batman: AK a lot, too.
Word, I am goddamn dying for it.