Thanks for the reply, Blitzer. No setting that I’ve seen anywhere.
I personally don’t use it at all, so wouldn’t mind either way. I’m a PC simmer, so the escape menu is more than enough for me but maybe it’s more important for xbox folks. An option just to not have the white bar would be great because anyone that’s used it once (or seen one video of it) knows to simply move the mouse to the top of the screen for it.