head to head
vs
Colin McRae Rally 2.0vsSkate.
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Skate. leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Colin McRae Rally 2.0Skate.
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Skate. leans harder on execution: Flick-it controls for tricks demand precise analog stick timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 leans harder on optimization: Memorising stages and tuning setups converges times steadily
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.