head to head
vs
Budokan: The Martial SpiritvsRace Driver: Grid
Budokan: The Martial Spirit leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Race Driver: Grid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Budokan: The Martial SpiritRace Driver: Grid
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 2
Budokan: The Martial Spirit leans harder on reads: Two-player duels reward predicting a human's habits
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Race Driver: Grid leans harder on optimization: Braking points, lines and flashback management are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.