head to head
vs
Colin McRae Rally 3vsDirt Rally
Colin McRae Rally 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Dirt Rally leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Colin McRae Rally 3Dirt Rally
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Dirt Rally leans harder on execution: Unforgiving car control on loose surfaces is the entire test
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 Rally leans harder on optimization: Pacenote interpretation, setup tuning and stage memorisation
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.