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Crazyracing Kartrider leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Killzone 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Crazyracing KartriderKillzone 2

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Crazyracing Kartrider leans harder on variance: Item pickups add some randomness to races

Optimization5 vs 4

Crazyracing Kartrider leans harder on optimization: Track lines, drift chaining, and item usage are solvable

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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