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Colin McRae: Dirt cover artvsTOCA Championship Racing cover art

Colin McRae: DirtvsTOCA Championship Racing

Colin McRae: Dirt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); TOCA Championship Racing leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Colin McRae: DirtTOCA Championship Racing

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

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 5

TOCA Championship Racing leans harder on optimization: Track learning and racecraft lines reward systematic study

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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TOCA Championship Racing