head to head
Dirt 5vsReal Soccer 2009
Dirt 5 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Real Soccer 2009 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dirt 5Real Soccer 2009
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 3
Real Soccer 2009 leans harder on reads: AI defense has limited adaptive counterplay
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Real Soccer 2009 leans harder on optimization: formation and tactics are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

