head to head
vs
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2vsSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 6
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed leans harder on execution: Drift timing and transforming vehicle control reward practice
Reads1 vs 2
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed leans harder on reads: Human racers add light positional mind games
Variance3 vs 4
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed leans harder on variance: Item rolls regularly upend race positions
Optimization4 vs 4
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.