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Especially as the difference in controls between subs and free is LUDICROUSLY overpowered, you literally cannot win as a free player against a 2D player with an equal team.
Hmm, to be fair, you can still win, but you have to be a very experienced 2D user with many, many seasons under your belt to know exactly how to push for each track at certain temperatures and alternate ways to pass people on the track (eg your stint lengths vs your opponents stint length) if you can't take advantage of your kers as free users can't.
So yes, it's possible for an elite few, but for 95% of the population no, you are 100% right and it is a little silly. It's basically pay to win in 99% of the situations at the moment.