head to head
vs
Grid 2vsNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Grid 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Grid 2Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Grid 2 leans harder on reads: Online wheel-to-wheel adds light positional prediction
Variance1 vs 2
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 leans harder on variance: Cop spawns and traffic add mild run-to-run noise
Optimization5 vs 5
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.