head to head
vs
DiRT 4vsDiRT Rally 2.0
DiRT 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); DiRT Rally 2.0 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DiRT 4DiRT Rally 2.0
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
DiRT Rally 2.0 leans harder on execution: Millimetre steering corrections at speed define stage time
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
DiRT Rally 2.0 leans harder on optimization: Car setup and service-park tyre choices are fully solvable pre-stage
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.