head to head
vs
Drunken Wrestlers 2vsThe Need for Speed
Drunken Wrestlers 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); The Need for Speed leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Drunken Wrestlers 2The Need for Speed
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
The Need for Speed leans harder on execution: Holding racing lines at speed through traffic is the test
Reads3 vs 1
Drunken Wrestlers 2 leans harder on reads: predicting human opponent's wrestling moves
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization2 vs 3
The Need for Speed leans harder on optimization: Track knowledge and car choice settle quickly
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.