head to head
vs
Skate 2vsWRC 9
Skate 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); WRC 9 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Skate 2WRC 9
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
WRC 9 leans harder on variance: weather and surface unpredictability
Optimization4 vs 5
WRC 9 leans harder on optimization: car setup, pacenote route learning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.