head to head
vs
Left 4 Dead 2vsMario Kart 8 Deluxe
Left 4 Dead 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mario Kart 8 Deluxe leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Left 4 Dead 2Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe leans harder on execution: Drift boosts, snaking, and item timing demand precision.
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe leans harder on variance: Item distribution heavily randomized by position.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.