head to head
vs
F-Zero XvsProject Gotham Racing
F-Zero X leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Project Gotham Racing leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
F-Zero XProject Gotham Racing
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Project Gotham Racing leans harder on optimization: Racing lines and Kudos-maximising routes are solvable per track
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.