head to head
vs
Confidential MissionvsFlatOut
Confidential Mission leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); FlatOut leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Confidential MissionFlatOut
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 7
Confidential Mission leans harder on execution: Light-gun aim and fast reactions are the whole game
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
FlatOut leans harder on variance: Physics debris and crash chaos inject randomness
Optimization3 vs 4
FlatOut leans harder on optimization: Lines, upgrades, and nitro management 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.