head to head
vs
Forza HorizonvsVirtua Racing
Forza Horizon leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Virtua Racing leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Forza HorizonVirtua Racing
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Virtua Racing leans harder on execution: Clean racing lines and drift control under arcade timers
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
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.