head to head
vs
Live for SpeedvsProject CARS
Live for Speed leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Project CARS leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Live for SpeedProject CARS
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Live for Speed leans harder on execution: Hardcore sim handling rewards perfect car control
Reads3 vs 2
Live for Speed leans harder on reads: Online racecraft against human rivals
Variance1 vs 2
Project CARS leans harder on variance: Dynamic weather injects some session randomness
Optimization6 vs 6
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.