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Euro Truck Simulator cover artvsJust Cause 2 cover art

Euro Truck SimulatorvsJust Cause 2

Euro Truck Simulator leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Just Cause 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Euro Truck SimulatorJust Cause 2

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Just Cause 2 leans harder on execution: Grapple-parachute flow rewards handling skill

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Just Cause 2 leans harder on variance: Sandbox chaos varies moment to moment

Optimization4 vs 4

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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