head to head
vs
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2vsWRC 9
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); WRC 9 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2WRC 9
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
WRC 9 leans harder on execution: precise rally driving and reaction to terrain
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.