head to head
vs
Colin McRae: DirtvsProject Gotham Racing 4
Colin McRae: Dirt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Project Gotham Racing 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Colin McRae: DirtProject Gotham Racing 4
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Project Gotham Racing 4 leans harder on reads: Online races add light wheel-to-wheel prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Project Gotham Racing 4 leans harder on optimization: Racing lines and car choice per event are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.