head to head
vs
Forza Horizon 2vsMount Your Friends
Forza Horizon 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mount Your Friends leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Forza Horizon 2Mount Your Friends
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Mount Your Friends leans harder on execution: QWOP-like limb control under a timer is the entire challenge
Reads1 vs 2
Mount Your Friends leans harder on reads: Rivals shape the tower but climbing is solo execution
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.