head to head
vs
Midtown Madness 3vsThe Crew
Midtown Madness 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Crew leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Midtown Madness 3The Crew
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
The Crew leans harder on reads: PvP races involve mild positional mind games
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
The Crew leans harder on optimization: car specs and route choice are tunable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.