head to head
vs
FlatOut 2vsSuper Mario Maker
FlatOut 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Maker leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
FlatOut 2Super Mario Maker
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Super Mario Maker leans harder on execution: Community kaizo levels push platforming precision to extremes
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 4
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.