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1080° Snowboarding leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

1080° Snowboarding leans harder on optimization: Line choice and shortcut knowledge per course

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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