head to head
vs
Dirt ShowdownvsFlatOut 4: Total Insanity
Dirt Showdown leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); FlatOut 4: Total Insanity leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dirt ShowdownFlatOut 4: Total Insanity
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity leans harder on execution: Car control through wrecks and ramps decides races
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity leans harder on variance: Crash physics and debris add chaos to every lap
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.