head to head
vs
Forza Horizon 3vsNASCAR Heat 5
Forza Horizon 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); NASCAR Heat 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Forza Horizon 3NASCAR Heat 5
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 3
NASCAR Heat 5 leans harder on reads: Online drafting and blocking involve some human prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.