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Crash Bandicoot cover artvsTrials Rising cover art

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Crash Bandicoot leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Trials Rising leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

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

Execution8 vs 9

Trials Rising leans harder on execution: Leaderboard times demand perfect bike control

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Crash Bandicoot leans harder on variance: Everything scripted and placed

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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