head to head
vs
Card SharkvsDirt 5
Card Shark leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dirt 5 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Card SharkDirt 5
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Card Shark leans harder on variance: Card distribution contains some hidden info but is secondary
Optimization5 vs 4
Card Shark leans harder on optimization: Learning optimal cheat sequences and tells is a solvable puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.