head to head
vs
Carmageddon TDR 2000vsNeed for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Carmageddon TDR 2000 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Carmageddon TDR 2000Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans harder on execution: Clean cornering at top speed is the entire skill test
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans harder on optimization: Tracks are fixed; ideal lines are fully learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.