The game avoids the linear structure of 90s racers by using a "run-based" system. When you die, you lose your progress for that specific trip, but you keep experience points. Spend XP on a massive skill tree.
They don't use money. They use —a brutal, continental points system. Kill a rival, deliver a package, clear a checkpoint: you earn redemption points. Fail, or run out of gas, and your bones become part of the asphalt. Road Redemption -2017- PC
Road Redemption (2017) is a high-octane vehicular combat racing game and the spiritual successor to the classic The game avoids the linear structure of 90s