head to head
vs
Destruction DerbyvsGrand Theft Auto IV
Destruction Derby leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Grand Theft Auto IV leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Destruction DerbyGrand Theft Auto IV
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Destruction Derby leans harder on execution: Steering into crashes while surviving them is hands-on craft
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Destruction Derby leans harder on variance: Multi-car pileups make outcomes partly chaotic
Optimization3 vs 3
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.