head to head
vs
Eliminator Boat DuelvsSonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
Eliminator Boat Duel leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Eliminator Boat DuelSonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Eliminator Boat Duel leans harder on execution: Throttle control and obstacle dodging decide each race
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Eliminator Boat Duel leans harder on variance: Hazard placement surprises only on first runs
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.