Oh career "evolution" structure and XP instead of money. Although pCars everything is unlocked from the start right?
Yes, pCARS is centered around a motorsport/racing career (going from Karts to LMP1 Lemans prototypes). There's no money or unlocks or anything like that.
To be clear, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with collecta-thon games like Forza and GT, I love those games too! It's just that we're talking about 2 different things. Nothing wrong with them co-existing.
I think so, it's definitely the case in free play at least. In career mode I assume stuff is locked by progression (ie. "You haven't finished your GT4 races so you can't do GT3", but I've never played career so don't quote me on that.
The natural progression is obviously going from Karts to LMP1 in order (you can choose from different branches for example open wheelers or GT cars) but you are free to start your career at any tiers. You want to start your career straight into Formula A (Fake F1)? Go for it!
SMS did a great video to present the career mode