Essentially, yes. The cable stop is the best option, you can get ones that fits to the headset and shorten the cable span, which helps a lot in my experience.
I've tightened the headset, raised the stem a little to relax the bend in the front cable (before I change the cable entirely).
Got some different brakepads I can try, but will try some epic toe in first.
In summary, try more toe in, change pads, tighten headset, change fork, crown mounted cable stop (my forks are undrilled), use V brake.