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FlatOut 2 cover artvsNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Remastered cover art

FlatOut 2vsNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Remastered

FlatOut 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Remastered leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
FlatOut 2Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Remastered

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

FlatOut 2 leans harder on variance: Crash physics and track debris vary every race

Optimization4 vs 5

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Remastered leans harder on optimization: car and gadget loadout optimization

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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FlatOut 2

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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Remastered