head to head
vs
Dirt ShowdownvsNBA Street
Dirt Showdown leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); NBA Street leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dirt ShowdownNBA Street
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 3
NBA Street leans harder on reads: Local versus play rewards baiting steals and blocks
Variance2 vs 1
Dirt Showdown leans harder on variance: Crash physics and pack chaos add randomness
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.