Pacific Drive: Whispers in the Woods DLC

Honestly the base game is in my top 5, and I know lots of people say the base game is either "alright" or "not for me". I honestly had really high hopes going into the DLC, and although, yes they do capture the whole "Evil cult did some bs here" it doesn't really feel "Pacific drive DLC" and more like pacific drive 2. What I mean is you throw most of your base game stuff away, to be stuck with steel for half of the game. I don't know if it was just me you never got any loot like scrap metal but I kept ending up with chemicals that I couldn't even use for car parts so I just made crude or in some cases steel to keep up. Maybe this was just in my playthrough though. Also, half of the game is set in outer zone I think? Which is an issue because there's 300 trees blocking any kind of beauty. It does sell the atmosphere more but I mean come on do I have to talk about atmosphere? its pacific drive, calling the atmosphere perfect is an insult at this point. The whole "Rite" thing felt dumb, pretty much mini challenges saying "Go there, come back" and the other part is "Go there, get a tape, come back" there wasn't any parts that felt special. It was like a fetch quest. For example in the base game, you had objectives IN the missions themselves, here? Almost nothing. As much as I adore and love the first game, and recognize this DLC wasn't a COMPLETE disaster since Ironwood clearly tried their best, I have a super mixed opinion on the DLC. Really felt like it was going from 8/10 down to 4/10 and back up all the time. Although I do recognize the passion and love. Now where's pacific drive 2?