Have to pay to get anywhere in the game. On special events you can only select certain cars to race with but will race against other cars which you have (cars you have that are fully upgraded) but you can't use them. Have to basically pay money to customize your cars as the tokens are hard to get. When racing multi-player or pro series you will lose a majority of the time. They want you to pay money to win and advance. The game is rigged and set up to take as much of your money as possible.