head to head
vs
Colin McRae: Dirt 2vsMillipede
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Millipede leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Colin McRae: Dirt 2Millipede
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Millipede leans harder on variance: Spawn waves and DDT timing vary run to run
Optimization4 vs 3
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans harder on optimization: car tuning and racing lines 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.