head to head
vs
Colin McRae Rally 04vsDirt 3
Colin McRae Rally 04 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Dirt 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Colin McRae Rally 04Dirt 3
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 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Dirt 3 leans harder on optimization: Stage knowledge and setup tuning reward 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.