head to head
vs
NieRvsTop Gear 2
NieR leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Top Gear 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
NieRTop Gear 2
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Top Gear 2 leans harder on execution: Clean cornering and nitro timing decide finishing position
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
NieR leans harder on variance: loot and encounter randomness
Optimization5 vs 5
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.