head to head
vs
FlatOut 2vsIron Snout
FlatOut 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Iron Snout leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
FlatOut 2Iron Snout
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
FlatOut 2 leans harder on reads: No adaptive opposition worth modeling
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
FlatOut 2 leans harder on optimization: Track knowledge and car tuning settle into routine
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.