After playing this for about a week I can honestly say that Ubisoft has learned their lesson and listened to the feedback from people who've played the first Watch Dogs.

San Francisco does have a large gay population in addition to being a tech city. This game reflects this in a positive way, at least for the USA version, and doesn't try to censor. Don't buy this game if you can't handle gays, lesbians, or transgender people.

Pros:

• Nod to Max Headroom and other old school computing while blending that in with today's icons, memes, etc. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYdpOjletnc
  
• Better mini games, and not a look into someone's personal hell (Aiden Pearce)
  
• Better main story/character, interaction with a team, trying to better people's lives instead of out for revenge
  
• Being able to 3D print guns!
  
• More cool toys to play with (RC car and drone) that you actually have to use for missions.
  
• Better online play where players are helping each other instead of ruining each other's fun.
  
• More places to fast travel to instead of just your HQ
  
• More interaction with NPCs
  
• Graphics look better than first game
  
• Low FPS hasn't been much of a problem with my computer - i7-3770/GTX 770 2GB
  
• No microstutters when driving

Cons:

• You actually have to buy the cars for the on-demand app instead of just unlocking them. This makes sense though as you end up with a ton of money at the end from all the hacking.
  
• Driving aspect, even with a controller, is still quirky even though it has been improved over the first game.
  
• Some icons are not intuitive as to what they do.

Other thoughts:
While this game is a work of fiction, unfortunately it's becoming more and more like real life in the way the US government treats its citizens. We don't have a Blume/ctOS yet, but I wouldn't doubt it if something like them came along in the next few years.