Remember that there will be no better cars to compare with, 2026 Rally1 cars will be gone, and the pace will be set with Rally2/WRC27 cars so the spectacle will be there. Also I think many of those non-regular or local drivers could actually be in the mix if the performance will be close. The only thing that stopping them could be manufacturers/tuners bring them worse cars (non-evolution), but that is higely unprofessional. Also I think that if those tho cars would be similar in performance, one thong is clear, Rally2 could be way more reliable from start, so we could expect more or less Rally2's on the top of leaderboard (I'm not worried about Toyo-tank)