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Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now cover artvsMidnight Club 3: DUB Edition cover art

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse NowvsMidnight Club 3: DUB Edition

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse NowMidnight Club 3: DUB Edition

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition leans harder on execution: High-speed open-city racing demands sharp reflexes

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition leans harder on variance: Random traffic punishes and rewards unpredictably

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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Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition