head to head
vs
Gran Turismo 5vsSuper Metroid
Gran Turismo 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Gran Turismo 5Super Metroid
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Gran Turismo 5 leans harder on execution: Simulation-grade car control and braking precision lead everything
Reads1 vs 0
Gran Turismo 5 leans harder on reads: AI fields are predictable; online racing stays positional
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
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.