Wasn’t it possible in the first game to play a custom (or random) championship with cars from your garage and earn money towards more? Is that not an option here? It looks like the only custom mode is in free play, and has no rewards? Is there any way to go back and play a championship at a previous level once you level up, then? Because would mean going up to Pro would be the end of the game for me, if so!
Edit: Having read around a bit, it appears not. That’s a major downgrade, and a weird one at that. There DO seem to be a lot more dailies and such, though. If you’ve got the extra tracks from the DLC are there even more of those? Any intimations they might add something a little more flexible to career mode?