head to head
vs
Dirt ShowdownvsStreet Racer
Dirt Showdown leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Street Racer leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dirt ShowdownStreet Racer
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
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.