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Driver 2: Back on the Streets cover artvsTrue Crime: Streets of LA cover art

Driver 2: Back on the StreetsvsTrue Crime: Streets of LA

Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); True Crime: Streets of LA leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Driver 2: Back on the StreetsTrue Crime: Streets of LA

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 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans harder on optimization: Learning city layouts and mission routes carries completion

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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True Crime: Streets of LA