head to head
vs
Mario Kart 64vsMashed: Drive to Survive
Mario Kart 64 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Mashed: Drive to Survive leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Mario Kart 64Mashed: Drive to Survive
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Mashed: Drive to Survive leans harder on execution: Top-down cornering at speed while aiming weapons is twitchy
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 3
Mario Kart 64 leans harder on variance: Item draws swing every race
Optimization4 vs 3
Mario Kart 64 leans harder on optimization: Shortcut and line knowledge is fully mapped
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.