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Blur cover artvsRoad Rash 64 cover art

BlurvsRoad Rash 64

Blur leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Road Rash 64 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
BlurRoad Rash 64

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Blur leans harder on variance: Power-up pickups and incoming attacks add chaos

Optimization4 vs 4

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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