head to head
vs
Skate 2vsTony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Skate 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Skate 2Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Skate 2 leans harder on execution: Flick-it stick controls map tricks to genuine manual dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam leans harder on optimization: Line choice and shortcut knowledge shave the clock
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.