head to head
vs
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's CutvsTest Drive 5
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Test Drive 5 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's CutTest Drive 5
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Test Drive 5 leans harder on execution: Throttle control and cornering reflexes decide every race
Reads0 vs 1
Test Drive 5 leans harder on reads: AI racers follow fixed lines, nothing to outwit
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.