head to head
vs
Dirt ShowdownvsSports Champions 2
Dirt Showdown leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sports Champions 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dirt ShowdownSports Champions 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Sports Champions 2 leans harder on execution: Motion-controlled swings and punches reward physical precision
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Dirt Showdown leans harder on variance: Crash physics and pack chaos add randomness
Optimization4 vs 2
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.