head to head
vs
Grand Theft Auto VvsNeed for Speed: World
Grand Theft Auto V leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed: World leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Grand Theft Auto VNeed for Speed: World
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Need for Speed: World leans harder on execution: Racing lines, drift control and pursuit evasion reward clean hands
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.