head to head
vs
Sonic Rivals 2vsThe Crew
Sonic Rivals 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Crew leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Sonic Rivals 2The Crew
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Sonic Rivals 2 leans harder on variance: item pickups and card randomness
Optimization4 vs 5
The Crew leans harder on optimization: car specs and route choice are tunable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.