I totally get the appeal of the CTR.
Its like when a Fiat 500 Abarth pulls up with a cat delete. Its stupidly hilarious, no different than my firefly turbo days. Pointless, but awesome in its own way.
Its the cross shopping that makes it difficult, especially in different categories and price ranges. If you are interested in the M2, there aren't really any reasons to go with the CTR. But if you are looking at Focus RS, GolfR, STi, Evo, yea, they are all awd, but in the summertime, it doesn't matter, and in the winter, you aren't going to hoon the shit out of a $55k car anyways so I'd be much more inclined to give the CTR the nod.
The biggest problem by far with the CTR is it's fucking huge and heavy for what it is. Boi racer mode is fine, nothing wrong if done correctly, and the CTR looks the part.