head to head
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Earn to DievsGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Earn to Die leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Earn to DieGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans harder on execution: Flying school and drive-bys need decent hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Earn to Die leans harder on optimization: Spending earnings on optimal upgrades is the core loop
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.