head to head
vs
Dirt ShowdownvsWorld Tour Soccer 2002
Dirt Showdown leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); World Tour Soccer 2002 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dirt ShowdownWorld Tour Soccer 2002
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
World Tour Soccer 2002 leans harder on execution: player control, passing and shooting precision
Reads2 vs 3
World Tour Soccer 2002 leans harder on reads: opponent play in human matches adds reads
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.