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Colin McRae: Dirt cover artvsRollcage Stage II cover art

Colin McRae: DirtvsRollcage Stage II

Colin McRae: Dirt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rollcage Stage II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Colin McRae: DirtRollcage Stage II

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Rollcage Stage II leans harder on reads: Weapon duels versus humans add light prediction

Variance2 vs 3

Rollcage Stage II leans harder on variance: Pickup spawns and weapon hits shake up race order

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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Rollcage Stage II