Driveclub will feature small microtransactions that let you unlock cars early, according to the title's game director.

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Speaking to IGN, Paul Rustchynsky explained that the developer is aware the feature may be controversial among gamers, so has made certain that it in no way unbalances gameplay or places anything out of reach."It’s been a hot topic of late inside gaming, and we’ve been very keen to take on board the feedback from gamers and make sure we don’t upset anyone," he revealed. "So, in Driveclub, what we’ve done is make sure that the progression system is really straightforward, really simple and gives you access to a lot of content really quickly."In Driveclub you earn Fame, and as you earn Fame, you level up. Every time you level up, we give you another car. There’s no double gating or anything along those lines, you’re given the car straight away without having to do anything else. The only thing we do have is a couple of shortcuts."If you want to unlock a car immediately, you can pay to unlock that car straight away but it’s not a consumable microtransaction. We don’t let people buy Fame, for example and spend lots and lots. The idea is if you want to shortcut things you can do – it’s identical to what we did in Motorstorm RC. So if you played that, you know what we’re doing here."Elsewhere in the interview, Rustchynsky also expanded upon the information given the other day about the countries and cars set to feature in the game. While we knew India would be one of the five countries present in the game, the other four have now been revealed as Chile, Norway, the United Kingdom and Canada. 11 tracks will be available in each region, made up from a combination of point-to-point tracks, road circuits and race tracks.Rustchynsky also revealed some of the cars set to feature in the game, including the Volkswagen Golf GTI, Hennessey Venom GT and the Pagani Wira, along with the McLaren P1. For a wealth of other information, including how much it'll cost to upgrade from the PS Plus version, why the decision was made to stick at 30fps and what the deal is with Driveclub and Project Morpheus, check out the full interview now

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