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BeamNG.drive leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Independence Day leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /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.

Variance3 vs 2

BeamNG.drive leans harder on variance: Emergent crash physics outcomes

Optimization5 vs 4

BeamNG.drive leans harder on optimization: Vehicle tuning, scenario routing

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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