head to head

18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker cover artvsColin McRae: Dirt 2 cover art

18 Wheeler: American Pro TruckervsColin McRae: Dirt 2

18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
18 Wheeler: American Pro TruckerColin McRae: Dirt 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans harder on execution: precise rally driving and braking required

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans harder on variance: weather and surface conditions vary

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.

full breakdown

18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker

full breakdown

Colin McRae: Dirt 2