head to head
vs
Star Wars: SquadronsvsTop Spin 4
Star Wars: Squadrons leans Execution (Grand Arena); Top Spin 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Star Wars: SquadronsTop Spin 4
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 5
Star Wars: Squadrons leans harder on reads: Human pilots in 5v5 bait, juke, and counter-adapt
Variance2 vs 1
Star Wars: Squadrons leans harder on variance: Full information maps; little randomness
Optimization6 vs 4
Star Wars: Squadrons leans harder on optimization: Power management and loadout meta are solvable layers
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.