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Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now cover artvsPico Park cover art

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse NowvsPico Park

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pico Park leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Pico Park leans harder on reads: Co-op partner reads are social coordination, not adversarial

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now leans harder on optimization: Choosing wreck-versus-race strategy and upgrade economy is solvable

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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