head to head

Chained Together cover artvsColin McRae Rally 2.0 cover art

Chained TogethervsColin McRae Rally 2.0

Chained Together leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Colin McRae Rally 2.0 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Chained TogetherColin McRae Rally 2.0

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 leans harder on variance: Mid-stage surprises minimal once pace notes are internalised

Optimization4 vs 5

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 leans harder on optimization: Memorising stages and tuning setups converges times steadily

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

full breakdown

Chained Together

full breakdown

Colin McRae Rally 2.0