head to head
vs
Horizon Chase TurbovsOutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Horizon Chase Turbo leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Horizon Chase TurboOutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Horizon Chase Turbo leans harder on reads: Rival cars run fixed rubber-band logic
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast leans harder on optimization: Perfect drift lines and route choice are learnable theory
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.