head to head
vs
Eliminator Boat DuelvsNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Eliminator Boat Duel leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Eliminator Boat DuelNeed 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.
Optimization4 vs 5
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 leans harder on optimization: Track knowledge and racing lines are learnable and fixed
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.