The game is pay-to-win cars that you unlock are to be used in specific events you cannot use cars any event you want the only place you can use your cars in general-purpose is online versus people or if you play on the switch split screen special time events require you to have some cars in general to actually do the event to upgrade the car there's a whole lot of gatekeeping and micro-transactions the career mode isn't all that better you have to maintain any car that's added to your garage.