head to head

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 cover artvsRobot Unicorn Attack cover art

Colin McRae: Dirt 2vsRobot Unicorn Attack

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Robot Unicorn Attack leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Colin McRae: Dirt 2Robot Unicorn Attack

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.

Variance2 vs 3

Robot Unicorn Attack leans harder on variance: Procedural obstacle generation adds reaction demand

Optimization4 vs 3

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans harder on optimization: car tuning and racing lines solvable

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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Colin McRae: Dirt 2

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Robot Unicorn Attack