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Carmageddon: Max Damage cover artvsGrand Theft Auto cover art

Carmageddon: Max DamagevsGrand Theft Auto

Carmageddon: Max Damage leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Carmageddon: Max DamageGrand Theft Auto

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Carmageddon: Max Damage leans harder on execution: Vehicular mayhem rewards precise ramming and recovery driving

Reads1 vs 0

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

Variance3 vs 3

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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