head to head
Colin McRae Rally 2.0vsSuper Stardust Ultra
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Stardust Ultra leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Colin McRae Rally 2.0Super Stardust Ultra
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Super Stardust Ultra leans harder on execution: Twin-stick dodging through dense asteroid fields is everything
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.

