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Dark Souls III cover artvsGrand Prix 4 cover art

Dark Souls IIIvsGrand Prix 4

Dark Souls III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Grand Prix 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dark Souls IIIGrand Prix 4

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Grand Prix 4 leans harder on reads: AI drivers follow scripted lines, not adapting to you

Variance1 vs 2

Grand Prix 4 leans harder on variance: Weather and grip add some unpredictability per race

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Dark Souls III

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