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Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition cover artvsNeed for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) cover art

Midnight Club 3: DUB EditionvsNeed for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Midnight Club 3: DUB EditionNeed for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) leans harder on reads: Autolog competitive ghosts are scripted benchmarks, not live opponents

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition

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Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)