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Carmageddon: Max Damage cover artvsDriver 2: Back on the Streets cover art

Carmageddon: Max DamagevsDriver 2: Back on the Streets

Carmageddon: Max Damage leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Carmageddon: Max DamageDriver 2: Back on the Streets

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Carmageddon: Max Damage leans harder on reads: AI rivals follow routines, not your mind

Variance3 vs 2

Carmageddon: Max Damage leans harder on variance: Physics chaos and pickup spawns scramble outcomes

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: Max Damage

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Driver 2: Back on the Streets