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Need for Speed: World cover artvsTwisted Metal 4 cover art

Need for Speed: WorldvsTwisted Metal 4

Need for Speed: World leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Twisted Metal 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Need for Speed: WorldTwisted Metal 4

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Twisted Metal 4 leans harder on reads: Local multiplayer adds some human prediction; AI is scripted

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: World

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