head to head
vs
Need for Speed: Most WantedvsRage
Need for Speed: Most Wanted leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Rage leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Need for Speed: Most WantedRage
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Need for Speed: Most Wanted leans harder on execution: High-speed control through traffic and pursuit chaos
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.