head to head
vs
Cars 2vsSleeping Dogs
Cars 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sleeping Dogs leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Cars 2Sleeping Dogs
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Cars 2 leans harder on variance: Weapon pickups inject kart-style randomness
Optimization2 vs 3
Sleeping Dogs leans harder on optimization: upgrade paths and mission routes solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.