head to head
vs
Ace Combat 2vsFlatOut
Ace Combat 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); FlatOut leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Ace Combat 2FlatOut
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
FlatOut leans harder on variance: Physics debris and crash chaos inject randomness
Optimization4 vs 4
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.