head to head
vs
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2vsStampede
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Stampede leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2Stampede
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 leans harder on reads: AI racers and cops follow rubber-band scripts
Variance2 vs 2
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.