head to head
vs
Gran Turismo 4vsLonely Mountains: Downhill
Gran Turismo 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Lonely Mountains: Downhill leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Gran Turismo 4Lonely Mountains: Downhill
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Lonely Mountains: Downhill leans harder on variance: Minimal RNG; courses are deterministic once learned
Optimization7 vs 6
Gran Turismo 4 leans harder on optimization: Event-by-event car and tune selection is deeply solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.