head to head
vs
Forza Horizon 2vsMario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Forza Horizon 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Forza Horizon 2Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games leans harder on reads: Human rivals race in parallel; little interaction
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Forza Horizon 2 leans harder on optimization: Car tuning and route knowledge reward preparation
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.