head to head
vs
Colin McRae: Dirt 2vsTrack & Field
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Track & Field leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Colin McRae: Dirt 2Track & Field
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Track & Field leans harder on execution: Button-mashing speed and release timing decide everything.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 0
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans harder on variance: weather and surface conditions vary
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.