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Driver 2: Back on the Streets cover artvsSaints Row: The Third cover art

Driver 2: Back on the StreetsvsSaints Row: The Third

Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Saints Row: The Third leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Driver 2: Back on the StreetsSaints Row: The Third

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans harder on execution: Wrestling the car physics through chase missions is the test

Reads0 vs 1

Saints Row: The Third leans harder on reads: Enemy syndicates never adapt to you

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Saints Row: The Third