head to head
vs
Gears 5vsIL-2 Sturmovik
Gears 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); IL-2 Sturmovik leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Gears 5IL-2 Sturmovik
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 5
IL-2 Sturmovik leans harder on reads: Human dogfights reward out-thinking pilots
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
IL-2 Sturmovik leans harder on optimization: Aircraft performance knowledge and tactics doctrine
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.