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DrivervsTony Hawk's Pro Skater
Driver leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tony Hawk's Pro Skater leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
DriverTony Hawk's Pro Skater
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater leans harder on execution: Trick timing, landings, and combo inputs are everything
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Driver leans harder on variance: Traffic adds mild unpredictability
Optimization4 vs 6
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater leans harder on optimization: Score lines and goal routing are solvable per level
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.