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Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now cover artvsNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 cover art

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse NowvsNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse NowNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 leans harder on execution: High-speed cornering and traffic dodging are the whole test

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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.

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Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now

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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2