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Mario Kart 7vsNeed for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)
Mario Kart 7 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mario Kart 7Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 2
Mario Kart 7 leans harder on reads: Online lobbies reward anticipating rivals' items
Variance4 vs 3
Mario Kart 7 leans harder on variance: Item luck shapes every 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.