head to head

Need for Speed: Nitro cover artvsTrue Crime: Streets of LA cover art

Need for Speed: NitrovsTrue Crime: Streets of LA

Need for Speed: Nitro leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); True Crime: Streets of LA leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Need for Speed: NitroTrue Crime: Streets of LA

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Need for Speed: Nitro leans harder on reads: AI racers rubber-band on script

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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.

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Need for Speed: Nitro

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True Crime: Streets of LA