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Colin McRae: Dirt cover artvsF1 2010 cover art

Colin McRae: DirtvsF1 2010

Colin McRae: Dirt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); F1 2010 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Colin McRae: DirtF1 2010

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

F1 2010 leans harder on reads: Online racing adds modest rival prediction

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

F1 2010 leans harder on optimization: Car setup and pit strategy frame each race

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

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F1 2010