head to head
vs
Crimson SkiesvsFlatOut
Crimson Skies leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); FlatOut leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Crimson SkiesFlatOut
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 leans harder on variance: Physics debris and crash chaos inject randomness
Optimization5 vs 4
Crimson Skies leans harder on optimization: Plane loadouts and mission approach reward planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.