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Driver: Parallel Lines cover artvsNeed for Speed: The Run cover art

Driver: Parallel LinesvsNeed for Speed: The Run

Driver: Parallel Lines leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed: The Run leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Driver: Parallel LinesNeed for Speed: The Run

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Need for Speed: The Run leans harder on execution: Reaction driving through traffic and setpieces is the test

Reads0 vs 1

Need for Speed: The Run leans harder on reads: Rivals rubber-band on scripts, nothing to out-think

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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: Parallel Lines

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Need for Speed: The Run