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Looks like the people are downvoting you are just being assholes.

I also touched EA or Origin since for almost 20 years, and the only racing games I like are things like Wipeout. So it looks like the games you enjoy aren't titles that either of us play. I was hoping to see a game or two in your list that I either myself or my husband knew a workaround for, and could attest that it works.

I know that some people have had luck opening Origin games through Steam in order to use Proton, my husband has done that for some Assassin's Creed games. Here is someone showing the steps for Need for Speed The Run:
https://www.toptensoftware.com/blog/running-ea-origin-games-under-linux-via-steam-and-proton/

I also completely understand just wanting to come home and play the games you want to play without any tinkering. Use whatever OS lets you do what you want to do on your system. There's a reason I run Mint now instead of something more cutting edge.

gta5 (buggy)

Not sure about that one, but protondb stated, that it "gold". Also, reports saying that even online works just fine.

the division 2 (anticheat)

Works almost a year already, cause game using "easyanticheat", and proton supports it now, but devs need to change lib in their game manually, so not every game works, sadly.

entirety of Forza Horizon 3+4 and Halo Wars 2

Forza works just fine, cause you can install it from steam, I played 4 part myself not long ago. Not sure about Halo Wars tho, never played it. But "Halo Wars: Definitive Edition" is on steam and have platinum support level on protondb.

I want to say watch dogs legion (uplay)

First of all, proton is "just" an settings and patches on top of regular wine, that was around for ages. Yes, you can use it outside of steam (altho, that is not recommended by several reasons, and instead it's recommended to use smth like wine-ge), so yes, by using various tools like Lutris, Bottles, etc. it is possible to install any existing launcher. More then that, community so sick cause of that launchers, that it created it's own for GOG and Epic, called heroic launcher. As myself, I playing on regular basis a few games from there: Battlefield 1\5, StarWars: Battlefront 2, Control and few others. Of course even something older like Mass Effect will work just fine. That being said, I use braindamaged strat by installing any needed game by steam and proton itself, via "add other game to steam library" button. Yes, pirated games or even Origin launcher can be installed this way, but lutris usually easier.

NFS 2 through Most Wanted (2012), GTA 3 / VC / SA, Midtown Madness 1+2, System Protocol One, TDU 1+2 (with third-party multi-player support thru TDU World launcher)…

Tl:dr All old games mostly works fine or better on linux, cause of wine being smth like windows own "legacy support" thing. Hard part is installing and patching or running thru mod launchers. It's usually in territory of "advanced users", but tools like bottles can help. Only exception, if mods using just dll or replacing some textures, then installing will be exact as on windows. There also an official beta mod manager for nexus mods, for example, so modding smth like skyrim is now much easier, then before.