head to head
vs
Descent IIvsForza Motorsport 7
Descent II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Forza Motorsport 7 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Descent IIForza Motorsport 7
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Forza Motorsport 7 leans harder on execution: Braking points, throttle control and racing lines are everything
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Forza Motorsport 7 leans harder on optimization: Tuning setups and line study reward engineering effort
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.