head to head
vs
Excitebots: Trick RacingvsGrid 2
Excitebots: Trick Racing leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Grid 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Excitebots: Trick RacingGrid 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Excitebots: Trick Racing leans harder on variance: Item pickups add some randomness but rarely decisive
Optimization4 vs 5
Grid 2 leans harder on optimization: Racing lines, braking points and car selection are studyable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.