head to head
vs
Need for Speed III: Hot PursuitvsWRC 7
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); WRC 7 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Need for Speed III: Hot PursuitWRC 7
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
WRC 7 leans harder on execution: Precise car control on narrow rally stages decides every second
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.