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18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal cover artvsGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas cover art

18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the MetalvsGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas

18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the MetalGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal leans harder on execution: Truck handling and precise driving require moderate skill.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas