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Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller cover artvsNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 cover art

Crazy Taxi 3: High RollervsNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Crazy Taxi 3: High RollerNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 leans harder on reads: AI racers and cops follow rubber-band scripts

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller leans harder on optimization: Map routes and shortcut knowledge separate scores

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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Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2