At £5.00 in the current Steam sale, plus £9.99 for the Horizons season pass couldn't really put it off any longer.
First impressions - not bad, though I'm still firmly of the view that Braben & Co. should have included a proper SP mode rather than Solo Play in the evolving universe. Would also have avoided the need for the potentially very annoying "Rebuy" system if your ship gets blown up or otherwise destroyed. Why on any earth could it not just default back to your last location you took off from. Anyhow not an issue yet as still plodding around in the default Sidey, doing courier missions until I have enough for a Cobra and can jump to Imperial or Alliance space.