I'm speaking here as an FD2R owner, and all I can say is it depends what you are looking for.
Just to make things clear, the Civic Type R is not available for test drive anywhere unless you have a friend who owns it or you are a media representative reviewing the car. The same applies to parallel/grey importers, you can't just test drive their car without being a genuine customer due to safety reasons.
The FD2R, a car for trackies who doesn't mind about the looks being too similar to the normal 8th generation Civics around. People who doesn't want the turbo lags but yet demand at least 200Nm of torque. Cornering machine I must say, thus bumpy ride. The Type R is a well balanced machine which is close to a full out track car which may not appeal to lots of people. Bear in mind that the performance parts for the FD2R do not come cheap and there's little room for improvement if you are an enthusiast who demands 100bhp more, even the suspension is tough to tweak with.
For the others, I can't comment further as I might be biased over my decision. Human nature hehehe