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Carmageddon TDR 2000vsSaints Row: The Third

Carmageddon TDR 2000 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Saints Row: The Third leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Carmageddon TDR 2000Saints Row: The Third

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Carmageddon TDR 2000 leans harder on execution: vehicular combat driving and crash control

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Saints Row: The Third leans harder on optimization: Upgrade trees and city-takeover income are straightforwardly maximised

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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