head to head
vs
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - Black EditionvsRage
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - Black Edition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Rage leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - Black EditionRage
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - Black Edition leans harder on execution: Clean racing lines and cop-evading car control decide every pursuit
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.