head to head
vs
Crimson SkiesvsGrid 2
Crimson Skies leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Grid 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Crimson SkiesGrid 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Grid 2 leans harder on reads: Online wheel-to-wheel adds light positional prediction
Variance2 vs 1
Crimson Skies leans harder on variance: Mission events scripted; little hidden information
Optimization5 vs 5
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.