head to head
vs
Forza Horizon 3vsRidge Racer 7
Forza Horizon 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ridge Racer 7 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Forza Horizon 3Ridge Racer 7
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Forza Horizon 3 leans harder on variance: Minor traffic and event variation
Optimization5 vs 6
Ridge Racer 7 leans harder on optimization: Machine tuning and drift lines reward systematic study
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.