head to head
vs
Grand Theft Auto VvsHardware: Rivals
Grand Theft Auto V leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Hardware: Rivals leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Grand Theft Auto VHardware: Rivals
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Hardware: Rivals leans harder on execution: Vehicle handling and turret aim decide most duels
Reads2 vs 4
Hardware: Rivals leans harder on reads: Human opponents' arena rotations reward some prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Grand Theft Auto V leans harder on optimization: Heists, money loops, builds learnable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.