head to head
vs
Need for Speed: Porsche UnleashedvsStar Raiders
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Star Raiders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Need for Speed: Porsche UnleashedStar Raiders
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Star Raiders leans harder on variance: Enemy fleet positions start hidden on the galaxy map
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.