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Need for Speed: WorldvsWii Sports

Need for Speed: World leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Wii Sports leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Need for Speed: WorldWii Sports

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Need for Speed: World leans harder on optimization: Car builds, powerups and route knowledge compound advantage

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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