head to head
vs
Colin McRae: DirtvsNeed for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Colin McRae: Dirt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Colin McRae: DirtNeed for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Colin McRae: Dirt leans harder on execution: Car control on loose surfaces is the entire 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.