Building comparison
head to head
Colin McRae: Dirt 2vsHalf-Life 2
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 asks more than Half-Life 2, and the gap is execution.
Colin McRae: Dirt 2
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A rally racer where mastering precise car control against tricky terrain is everything.
Half-Life 2
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Landmark FPS built on physics puzzles and tight gunplay.
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Colin McRae: Dirt 2Half-Life 2
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 6
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Colin McRae: Dirt 2
precise rally driving and braking required
Half-Life 2
Gravity gun and shooting demand precision.
Reads0 vs 1
Half-Life 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Colin McRae: Dirt 2
no adaptive opponents, mostly time trials
Half-Life 2
Combine AI scripted, non-adaptive.
Variance2 vs 1
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Colin McRae: Dirt 2
weather and surface conditions vary
Half-Life 2
Almost no randomness.
Optimization4 vs 3
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Colin McRae: Dirt 2
car tuning and racing lines solvable
Half-Life 2
Linear progression with no builds.
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.