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Colin McRae RallyvsNeed for Speed: Porsche Unleashed

Colin McRae Rally leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Colin McRae Rally leans harder on execution: Car control on loose surfaces is everything

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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