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Colin McRae: Dirt cover artvsF1 2015 cover art

Colin McRae: DirtvsF1 2015

Colin McRae: Dirt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); F1 2015 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Colin McRae: DirtF1 2015

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

F1 2015 leans harder on reads: Some online racecraft against human drivers

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

F1 2015 leans harder on optimization: Tyre and pit strategy reward planning beneath the driving

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 2015