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F1 23 cover artvsGran Turismo 5 cover art

F1 23vsGran Turismo 5

F1 23 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Gran Turismo 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
F1 23Gran Turismo 5

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

F1 23 leans harder on execution: Precise braking and throttle work

Reads3 vs 1

F1 23 leans harder on reads: Online wheel-to-wheel positioning

Variance2 vs 1

F1 23 leans harder on variance: Weather and tire compound variance

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Gran Turismo 5