head to head
vs
Midtown Madness 3vsSaints Row: The Third
Midtown Madness 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Saints Row: The Third leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Midtown Madness 3Saints Row: The Third
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Midtown Madness 3 leans harder on execution: Arcade car control through traffic is the core demand
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Saints Row: The Third leans harder on optimization: Upgrade trees and city-takeover income are straightforwardly maximised
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.