head to head
vs
Donkey KongvsTrackMania DS
Donkey Kong leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); TrackMania DS leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Donkey KongTrackMania DS
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Donkey Kong leans harder on variance: Barrel bounces add slight unpredictability
Optimization6 vs 5
Donkey Kong leans harder on optimization: Stage patterns and score routes fully 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.