head to head
vs
Crash Team Racing Nitro-FueledvsMario Kart 8 Deluxe
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mario Kart 8 Deluxe leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Crash Team Racing Nitro-FueledMario Kart 8 Deluxe
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled leans harder on execution: Boost-chain execution and power-slide timing are the lead skill
Reads2 vs 3
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe leans harder on reads: Human racers bait and block items but mostly reactive.
Variance4 vs 6
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe leans harder on variance: Item distribution heavily randomized by position.
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.