head to head
vs
Red Dead Redemption 2vsSonic Drift
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Drift leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Red Dead Redemption 2Sonic Drift
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans harder on variance: Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
Optimization4 vs 3
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans harder on optimization: Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.