https://wccftech.com/need-for-speed-heat-no-loot-boxes/

Yesterday Need for Speed Heat was officially announced and fans immediately began asking questions about EA’s monetization plans for the game. Justifiably so, as the previous game in the series, Need for Speed Payback, was hobbled by a grindy “Ultimate Team” style card-based progression system and exploitative loot boxes. Well, it seems EA and Ghost Games have learned their lesson, because Need for Speed Heat is jettisoning all of that.

In a recent Q&A on the Need for Speed subreddit, EA community manager Ben “F8RGE” Walke laid out what players can expect in terms of post-launch content and promised loot boxes would never be a part of the game…