head to head
vs
Cool Boarders 3vsDirt Showdown
Cool Boarders 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dirt Showdown leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Cool Boarders 3Dirt Showdown
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Dirt Showdown leans harder on reads: Demolition modes reward predicting human movement a little
Variance1 vs 2
Dirt Showdown leans harder on variance: Crash physics and pack chaos add randomness
Optimization4 vs 4
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.