head to head
vs
Need for Speed III: Hot PursuitvsScreamer 2
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Screamer 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Need for Speed III: Hot PursuitScreamer 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans harder on execution: Clean cornering at top speed is the entire skill test
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans harder on optimization: Tracks are fixed; ideal lines are fully learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.