head to head
vs
Dirt RallyvsTrackMania United Forever
Dirt Rally leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); TrackMania United Forever leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dirt RallyTrackMania United Forever
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 0
Dirt Rally leans harder on variance: Weather and surface degradation vary between stages
Optimization6 vs 7
TrackMania United Forever leans harder on optimization: Finding the theoretical fastest line is the meta-game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.