head to head
vs
Crimson Skies: High Road to RevengevsFlatOut 2
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); FlatOut 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Crimson Skies: High Road to RevengeFlatOut 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
FlatOut 2 leans harder on variance: Crash physics and track debris vary every race
Optimization5 vs 4
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge leans harder on optimization: plane choice and mission routing are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.