head to head
vs
Project Gotham RacingvsTony Hawk's Underground
Project Gotham Racing leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tony Hawk's Underground leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Project Gotham RacingTony Hawk's Underground
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Project Gotham Racing leans harder on reads: Racing rivals rarely requires modelling an adapting mind
Variance1 vs 0
Project Gotham Racing leans harder on variance: Fixed tracks, no meaningful randomness once learned
Optimization6 vs 6
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.