head to head
vs
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)vsProject Gotham Racing 4
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Project Gotham Racing 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)Project Gotham Racing 4
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Project Gotham Racing 4 leans harder on execution: Kudos-style driving demands clean, stylish car control
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) leans harder on variance: Police pursuits and traffic create unpredictable road state
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.