PS Plus REQUIRED to be able to get the new liveries??

EA this doesn't make sense... I have been able to get all the other liveries up until now but now I am being forced to play a specific game mode... and then that game mode REQUIRES A SUBSCRIPTION. Did I not pay for the game???? I understand most people probably pay for PS Plus but it's the principle. Please allow us people who have rightly paid for the game to have access to these liveries. Not to mention it seems like everybody else is complaining about not even being able to get into a lobby.