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Colin McRae: Dirt cover artvsTest Drive 6 cover art

Colin McRae: DirtvsTest Drive 6

Colin McRae: Dirt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Test Drive 6 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Colin McRae: DirtTest Drive 6

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 1

Colin McRae: Dirt leans harder on variance: Surface grip and damage add mild run noise

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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Test Drive 6