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Cel DamagevsFlatOut: Ultimate Carnage

Cel Damage leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Cel DamageFlatOut: Ultimate Carnage

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage leans harder on execution: Holding racing lines through wrecks and ragdoll chaos tests hands

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage leans harder on optimization: Car upgrades and track shortcuts are mappable

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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FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage