head to head
vs
Excitebots: Trick RacingvsRace Driver: Grid
Excitebots: Trick Racing leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Race Driver: Grid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Excitebots: Trick RacingRace Driver: Grid
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
Race Driver: Grid leans harder on optimization: Braking points, lines and flashback management are 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.