head to head
vs
Cool Boarders 3vsSteep
Cool Boarders 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Steep leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Cool Boarders 3Steep
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Steep leans harder on execution: Landing tricks and threading lines at speed is hands-first
Reads1 vs 0
Cool Boarders 3 leans harder on reads: AI racers follow fixed behaviour
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.