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Driver 2: Back on the Streets cover artvsJak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy cover art

Driver 2: Back on the StreetsvsJak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Driver 2: Back on the StreetsJak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans harder on variance: Traffic placement adds run-to-run noise in chases

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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Driver 2: Back on the Streets

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Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy