Make the game less life-less

This is a fantastic point. Throughout the whole game the only people you'll ever see is spectators at the side of the stage. Boring! 

I'd love to even see the queue of cars at the start line, or come across other competitors that have either went off, or broken down mid stage. We've had stuff similar to that before so I'd love to have it again. 

One thing I'd absolutely love is for the other cars in the class your rallying in to be on the stage at the same time, the chance of catching someone that's had problems, or being caught yourself if you're having a bad stage! 

Dirt rally 2 looks a lot better, this game feels a downgrade, where is the light effects of sun? Where is the crowd? I would like more tracks in dirt rally 2...

Agreed. The rally courses appear lifeless. There seems to be a general lack of depth and richness of colour in the venues, plus lack of tactile and visual feedback. I to miss the sun and glare that would challenge your vision like in DiRT Rally 2.0. I also miss the loud rattle of stones clattering and thumping underneath the car.

I am concerned that the rally courses in some places like Oceania (New Zealand) appear visually flat, like a manicured campground track (unrealistic). There seems to be no undulations, no worn lane track, no real cambers, or even off cambers on corners, no shingle ridges that will pull/drag on the car, potholes, or even water table, like you would actually find on a real New Zealand shingle/gravel road. I am a Kiwi (South Island) and I have not seen a New Zealand shingle/gravel road like what is portrayed in this game. DiRT Rally 2.0 was very close to the real thing.

Great suggestions.

More evidence of the shortcuts that the developers have taken to get the game out.

The game lacks immersion. The spectators we have are fairly static, the environments lack a lot of life and the road textures all seem a bit samey from one country to the next, where they are the same surface. I'm sure the gravel appears different from one country to the next. EA WRC is all very cut and paste in that raged.

There's stages in Dirt 2.0 especially Germany where at the start there's probably hundreds of spectators placed with animations etc, surely they could do that in wrc

Yes remember Sweet Lambs. and its  Hundreds of spectators.

I think they should use  3  kind of spectators in 3 rows depending on their distance to the track

1st row: full animated ppl (less) 

2nd row full anim ppl with pauses

3rd row: static ppl without animation  (most)

There are no giraffes in Kenya ☹️

I'd like to see random events like in DR2, and more ambience - both in the menus and game

I too would like to see giraffes in Kenya! I'd settle for being able to hear cheering as you pass by large groups of spectators 😉