head to head
vs
Grid 2vsNeed for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Grid 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Grid 2Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
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 III: Hot Pursuit leans harder on variance: Traffic and cop placement vary mildly per race
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.