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Dirt 5 cover artvsMotorStorm: Apocalypse cover art

Dirt 5vsMotorStorm: Apocalypse

Dirt 5 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); MotorStorm: Apocalypse leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Dirt 5MotorStorm: Apocalypse

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

MotorStorm: Apocalypse leans harder on variance: Mid-race track destruction reshuffles racing lines unpredictably

Optimization4 vs 4

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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