head to head
vs
Forza Horizon 2vsGrid 2
Forza Horizon 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Grid 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Forza Horizon 2Grid 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Grid 2 leans harder on reads: Online wheel-to-wheel adds light positional prediction
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Grid 2 leans harder on optimization: Racing lines, braking points and car selection are studyable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.