head to head
vs
Gran Turismo 7vsProject CARS
Gran Turismo 7 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Project CARS leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Gran Turismo 7Project CARS
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Project CARS leans harder on reads: Online racecraft against humans adds light positional prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 6
Gran Turismo 7 leans harder on optimization: Car setup, tuning, and pit strategy heavily decisive.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.