head to head
vs
SteepvsTony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Steep leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
SteepTony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam leans harder on optimization: Line choice and shortcut knowledge shave the clock
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.