Building comparison
head to head
BlurvsMario Kart DS
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Blur
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Arcade racing with Mario Kart-style power-ups bolted onto licensed cars.
Mario Kart DS
Execution · Pure Mechanics
The first online Mario Kart, infamous for the execution-heavy snaking technique dominating play.
Blur leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mario Kart DS leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
BlurMario Kart DS
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Mario Kart DS leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Blur
Racing lines and dodging shots demand car control
Mario Kart DS
Snaking demands relentless precise drift inputs
Reads3 vs 3
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Blur
Human racers bait and time power-ups against you
Mario Kart DS
Online opponents punish predictable lines
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Blur
Power-up pickups and incoming attacks add chaos
Mario Kart DS
Item RNG decides tight finishes
Optimization4 vs 5
Mario Kart DS leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Blur
Track knowledge and pickup routes are learnable
Mario Kart DS
Kart stats, lines, and snaking routes
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.