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Asphalt 8: Airborne leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Burnout Paradise leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Asphalt 8: Airborne leans harder on optimization: Car upgrades and route shortcuts reward investment

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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