head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
Retro arcade racer channeling Top Gear's pure lane-weaving speed.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
The stylish PS1 arcade racer with a grand prix story and a legendary soundtrack.
Horizon Chase Turbo leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Horizon Chase Turbo
Weaving through traffic and nailing fuel pickups
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
Grip versus drift car control rewards precise corner technique
Horizon Chase Turbo leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Horizon Chase Turbo
Rival cars run fixed rubber-band logic
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
Rival AI is scripted per race
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Horizon Chase Turbo
Minimal randomness in track layouts
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
Fixed tracks; car unlock tree is deterministic
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Horizon Chase Turbo
Car stats and lap memorization help
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
Choosing machines and mastering lines is light routing
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.