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Colin McRae: Dirt cover artvsRock n' Roll Racing cover art

Colin McRae: DirtvsRock n' Roll Racing

Colin McRae: Dirt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rock n' Roll Racing leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Colin McRae: DirtRock n' Roll Racing

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

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

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Rock n' Roll Racing leans harder on optimization: Upgrade purchases and planet-by-planet earnings are plannable.

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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Rock n' Roll Racing