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Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now cover artvsForza Horizon 3 cover art

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse NowvsForza Horizon 3

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Forza Horizon 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse NowForza Horizon 3

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Forza Horizon 3 leans harder on execution: Car control and racing lines at speed

Reads1 vs 2

Forza Horizon 3 leans harder on reads: Drivatars mimic but don't truly adapt

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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Forza Horizon 3