head to head
vs
Colin McRae: Dirt 2vsQWOP
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); QWOP leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Colin McRae: Dirt 2QWOP
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
QWOP leans harder on execution: Perfect inputs literally are the entire game
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans harder on variance: weather and surface conditions vary
Optimization4 vs 4
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.