head to head
vs
F1 2021vsPerfect Dark
F1 2021 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Perfect Dark leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
F1 2021Perfect Dark
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
F1 2021 leans harder on execution: Perfect inputs would nail every braking point and apex lap after lap
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
F1 2021 leans harder on optimization: Car setup, tyre strategy and fuel management reward a perfect engineer
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.