head to head
vs
Colin McRae: Dirt 2vsTony Hawk's Project 8
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tony Hawk's Project 8 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Colin McRae: Dirt 2Tony Hawk's Project 8
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 1
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans harder on variance: weather and surface conditions vary
Optimization4 vs 5
Tony Hawk's Project 8 leans harder on optimization: Line routing for maximum combo score rewards study
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.