I love 5th D&D, I think it's a great system. I still prefer 4th D&D, but 5th is stupid simple, and that has lots of advantages.
I get some folks don't enjoy priority but 5e SR currently has four gen options and a large number of variants under those methods. More in fact then any other edition of SR. Priority, Sum2ten, Point Buy, and Life Modules. Under those we have Prime running, Gang level, then the exotic options (AI, Spirits, Draco forms, surge, HMHVV, alt metas etc.) It also discusses how to change methods help them fit your game concept, don't like straight priority? Try AABCC, or Sum2forteen or sum2eight if you prefer less powerful, for greatest flexibility point buy, don't like 5e point buy? Just increase the karma until you get the characters you want your group to play. Want to dumb it down? then Life modules, are fast, stack'em up and then flush out the concept.
There is a lot of 5e at this point, I'm not sure that addresses your concern, but this isn't the game outlined in SR5 Core by a long, long shot.