head to head
vs
Hard Truck: Road to VictoryvsPokémon Snap
Hard Truck: Road to Victory leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Pokémon Snap leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Hard Truck: Road to VictoryPokémon Snap
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Hard Truck: Road to Victory leans harder on reads: AI traffic is scripted, not adaptive
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Pokémon Snap leans harder on optimization: Triggering rare poses is route knowledge
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.