head to head
vs
Freedom FightersvsMidtown Madness
Freedom Fighters leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Midtown Madness leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Freedom FightersMidtown Madness
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Midtown Madness leans harder on execution: Chaotic city driving at speed
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Midtown Madness leans harder on variance: Traffic and pedestrians create random obstacles
Optimization5 vs 5
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.