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007 RacingvsBurnout Paradise

007 Racing leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Burnout Paradise leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Burnout Paradise leans harder on reads: Mostly AI and sandbox driving

Variance1 vs 2

Burnout Paradise leans harder on variance: Crash physics and traffic spawns

Optimization3 vs 3

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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