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Burnout Paradise cover artvsRoad Rash cover art

Burnout ParadisevsRoad Rash

Burnout Paradise leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Road Rash leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Burnout ParadiseRoad Rash

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Road Rash leans harder on execution: Steering at speed while timing punches and club swings

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Road Rash leans harder on variance: Traffic and cop spawns randomize each race

Optimization3 vs 3

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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