Tours being a little easier wouldn't really hurt imho - not as long as player created challenges are a thing. There's room there to please both novices and the hardcore alike, and DC was always about both groups.
Speaking of which: Is there a multiplayer mode in DC that's purely about accumulating the best overall score?
The game has time trials and races where you want to get the fastest time, and drift events focusing purely on selected drift zones and speed zones, but is there any event right now or planned that mixes both in the same event?
Basically, imagine a time trial where its about accumulating score by all means rather than either getting the fastest time or the best drift - but something that allows the players to combine both elements in their runs? So you'd want to try and set a fast time, but you'd also want to drift and get clean sector and precision sector awards.
Seems like the perfect thing for DriveClub and could make a nice addition to the existing modes. It might need its own scoring system though, to make sure that drifting is balanced against speed and precision.