head to head
vs
Dirt ShowdownvsTwisted Metal III
Dirt Showdown leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Twisted Metal III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dirt ShowdownTwisted Metal III
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 3
Twisted Metal III leans harder on reads: Versus humans there's mild positional mind-gaming
Variance2 vs 3
Twisted Metal III leans harder on variance: Pickup spawns and arena 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.