head to head
vs
Colin McRae: Dirt 2vsTempest 2000
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tempest 2000 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Colin McRae: Dirt 2Tempest 2000
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Tempest 2000 leans harder on execution: Perfect inputs would clear every web at any speed
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.