head to head
vs
Mario Sports MixvsSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Mario Sports Mix leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Mario Sports MixSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed leans harder on execution: Drift timing and transforming vehicle control reward practice
Reads4 vs 2
Mario Sports Mix leans harder on reads: Human opponents fake passes and shots in versus play
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed leans harder on optimization: Track shortcuts and drift-boost routes are 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.