head to head
vs
Dirt RallyvsRally Trophy
Dirt Rally leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rally Trophy leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dirt RallyRally Trophy
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Rally Trophy leans harder on reads: Time-trial format, no opponent to read
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Dirt Rally leans harder on optimization: Pacenote interpretation, setup tuning and stage memorisation
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.