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Hydro Thunder Hurricane cover artvsThe Need for Speed cover art

Hydro Thunder HurricanevsThe Need for Speed

Hydro Thunder Hurricane leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); The Need for Speed leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Hydro Thunder HurricaneThe Need for Speed

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.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Hydro Thunder Hurricane

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The Need for Speed