head to head
vs
Dirt 5vsHot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Dirt 5 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dirt 5Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Dirt 5 leans harder on reads: Pack racing adds light wheel-to-wheel jockeying
Variance2 vs 3
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades leans harder on variance: Spawn waves have some randomness in modes
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.