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Colin McRae: Dirt cover artvsRayman Rush cover art

Colin McRae: DirtvsRayman Rush

Colin McRae: Dirt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rayman Rush leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Colin McRae: DirtRayman Rush

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Colin McRae: Dirt leans harder on execution: Car control on loose surfaces is the entire test

Reads1 vs 2

Rayman Rush leans harder on reads: AI racers run scripted lines, minimal prediction

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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