head to head
vs
Bus DrivervsSaints Row
Bus Driver leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Saints Row leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Bus DriverSaints Row
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Saints Row leans harder on variance: Open-world events vary mildly between sessions
Optimization5 vs 4
Bus Driver leans harder on optimization: Timetable adherence and rule-following decide the score
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.