head to head
vs
Dirt ShowdownvsOlympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game
Dirt Showdown leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dirt ShowdownOlympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 3
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game leans harder on reads: Head-to-head events allow light human mind games
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Dirt Showdown leans harder on optimization: Event types and boost routes are quickly learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.