head to head
vs
FlatOutvsGolf It!
FlatOut leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Golf It! leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
FlatOutGolf It!
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
FlatOut leans harder on execution: Car control through destructible chaos at speed
Reads1 vs 0
FlatOut leans harder on reads: AI racers don't adapt; multiplayer reads are shallow
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.