head to head
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18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the MetalvsDriver 2: Back on the Streets
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the MetalDriver 2: Back on the Streets
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans harder on execution: Wrestling the car physics through chase missions is the test
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal leans harder on optimization: Route planning and business management are deeply solvable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.