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Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit cover artvsR.C. Pro-Am cover art

Need for Speed III: Hot PursuitvsR.C. Pro-Am

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); R.C. Pro-Am leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Need for Speed III: Hot PursuitR.C. Pro-Am

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans harder on reads: Cops and rivals run scripted rubber-band behaviour

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.

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Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit

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