head to head
vs
Midtown Madness 3vsWii Sports
Midtown Madness 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Wii Sports leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Midtown Madness 3Wii Sports
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Wii Sports leans harder on reads: Casual local opponents add light mind games
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Midtown Madness 3 leans harder on optimization: City shortcut knowledge wins checkpoint races
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.