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GRIDvsNeed for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)

GRID leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
GRIDNeed for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) leans harder on variance: Police pursuits and traffic create unpredictable road state

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.

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