head to head
vs
Skate 3vsTrack & Field
Skate 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Track & Field leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Skate 3Track & Field
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 0
Skate 3 leans harder on variance: Physics jank can produce unexpected results on complex terrain
Optimization4 vs 3
Skate 3 leans harder on optimization: Trick selection and line routing benefit from planning but aren't deep systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.