head to head
vs
Forza Horizon 2vsMidtown Madness 3
Forza Horizon 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Midtown Madness 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Forza Horizon 2Midtown Madness 3
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Forza Horizon 2 leans harder on execution: Racing lines, braking points and car control lead everything
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Midtown Madness 3 leans harder on variance: Live traffic adds mild run-to-run noise
Optimization4 vs 4
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.