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Driver 2: Back on the Streets cover artvsNeed for Speed III: Hot Pursuit cover art

Driver 2: Back on the StreetsvsNeed for Speed III: Hot Pursuit

Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Driver 2: Back on the StreetsNeed 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

Reads0 vs 1

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans harder on reads: Cops and rivals run scripted rubber-band behaviour

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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Driver 2: Back on the Streets

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Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit