head to head
vs
Dirt 5vsThe Crew
Dirt 5 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); The Crew leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dirt 5The Crew
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Dirt 5 leans harder on execution: Sliding off-road cars on mixed surfaces is the whole test
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
The Crew leans harder on optimization: car specs and route choice are tunable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.