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F-ZerovsVirtua Cop

F-Zero leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Virtua Cop leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Virtua Cop leans harder on execution: Light-gun accuracy and reaction speed are everything

Reads1 vs 0

F-Zero leans harder on reads: AI racers don't adapt

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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