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F1 Race Stars cover artvsMario Kart 64 cover art

F1 Race StarsvsMario Kart 64

F1 Race Stars leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Mario Kart 64 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
F1 Race StarsMario Kart 64

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Mario Kart 64 leans harder on variance: Item draws swing every race

Optimization3 vs 4

Mario Kart 64 leans harder on optimization: Shortcut and line knowledge is fully mapped

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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