Can someone explain to me why I'm not racing against other cars in this game..
It is so strange and saddening. :(
I was never big into racing games but wanted at least one good one..I guess this is common knowledge I wasnt in on or something. Ack.

In rally games drivers don't start all together, but one every 2-3 minutes usually. In some rally games you might be able to gain lots of time over your opponents and find one on the track, but in CMR you cannot.

Rally races are about doing the best time on track.
That's probably because the tracks themselves are pretty dangerous already, so a time trial competition is usually a better option than having lot's of cars together.
I know it's not as fun, but belive me, the game would be much harder on less reallistic that way.

I believe you can race against the Ghost car ! The Ghost car being the fastest time done on the track or such.