head to head
vs
Crash Team RacingvsMario Kart 8 Deluxe
Crash Team Racing leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mario Kart 8 Deluxe leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Crash Team RacingMario Kart 8 Deluxe
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.