head to head
vs
Burnout 3: TakedownvsProject Gotham Racing 3
Burnout 3: Takedown leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Project Gotham Racing 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Burnout 3: TakedownProject Gotham Racing 3
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Burnout 3: Takedown leans harder on variance: Traffic and crash chaos inject randomness
Optimization5 vs 5
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.