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Carmageddon: Max Damage cover artvsFlatOut 2 cover art

Carmageddon: Max DamagevsFlatOut 2

Carmageddon: Max Damage leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); FlatOut 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Carmageddon: Max DamageFlatOut 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

FlatOut 2 leans harder on execution: High-speed control amid wrecks and ragdolls

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Carmageddon: Max Damage leans harder on optimization: Knowing maps, shortcuts and wreck-economy wins events

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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