Having spent some time with the game, I can see where frustrations might occur with this model, but I think EA has made the correct decision to make Real Racing 3 a freemium title.

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In Birmingham, John Caudwell, founder of Phones 4u, told the Today programme's Evan Davis that it would make a "colossal difference" to him personally but the correct decision must be purely economic and what is best for the economy.

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