head to head
vs
Crash Bandicoot: WarpedvsElasto Mania
Crash Bandicoot: Warped leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Elasto Mania leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Crash Bandicoot: WarpedElasto Mania
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Elasto Mania leans harder on execution: Pixel-perfect throttle and balance control over physics
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Crash Bandicoot: Warped leans harder on variance: Fixed level layouts
Optimization6 vs 6
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.