head to head
vs
Armored CorevsForza Motorsport 3
Armored Core leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Forza Motorsport 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Armored CoreForza Motorsport 3
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Forza Motorsport 3 leans harder on execution: Braking points and throttle control define lap times
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Armored Core leans harder on variance: Mission surprises only on first attempts
Optimization7 vs 7
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.