You are right.
Remember what Ghost said some time before? "We listen to costumers"... I don't know if any [Edited by CM: Profanity Removed] player asked for such [Edited by CM: Profanity Removed] upgrade system. I can't imagine an racing game developer to implement such a[Edited by CM: Profanity Removed] upgrade system that only spoil the mood for playing the game. Who the [Edited by CM: Profanity Removed] asked for this?
I'll tell you who pushed players to buy this [Edited by CM: Profanity Removed] game: some youtubers that are paid by EA to spread the news about the game. But not any news... just the good ones, the ones you want to hear and motivate you to buy. There are tons of youtubers who only promote this kind of [Edited by CM: Profanity Removed]