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Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now cover artvsDriver 2: Back on the Streets cover art

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse NowvsDriver 2: Back on the Streets

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse NowDriver 2: Back on the Streets

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now leans harder on reads: AI drivers follow set behaviours, never modelling the player

Variance2 vs 2

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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Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now

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Driver 2: Back on the Streets