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Asphalt 9: Legends cover artvsGrand Theft Auto cover art

Asphalt 9: LegendsvsGrand Theft Auto

Asphalt 9: Legends leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Asphalt 9: LegendsGrand Theft Auto

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Asphalt 9: Legends leans harder on execution: Drift and nitro timing on touch or pad

Reads1 vs 0

Asphalt 9: Legends leans harder on reads: Mostly bots and asynchronous ghosts

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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