head to head
vs
Quake III ArenavsStar Wars: Squadrons
Quake III Arena leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Star Wars: Squadrons leans Execution (Grand Arena).
Quake III ArenaStar Wars: Squadrons
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Quake III Arena leans harder on execution: Rail and rocket aim at speed is the entire game
Reads6 vs 6
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Star Wars: Squadrons leans harder on optimization: Power management and loadout meta are solvable layers
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.