Sorry! I got my versions mixed up, because we're deep into finishing 200.4 up right now 🙂
You're right. 200.2 included the first version of the new geometry editor, 200.3 required net8. No need to move up in versions to get access to it.
So in that case, I misunderstood your question. Could you clarify what you mean by "higher fidelity" ?
wrt self-contained deployment: No admin required. It's just a larger deployment that you can literally x-copy deploy if you wanted to. (It does mean if there are security updates to .NET 8 you're also responsible for updating the .net8 version embedded in your application)