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FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction cover artvsWii Sports Resort cover art

FlatOut 3: Chaos & DestructionvsWii Sports Resort

FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Wii Sports Resort leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
FlatOut 3: Chaos & DestructionWii Sports Resort

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Wii Sports Resort leans harder on reads: Local versus duels involve mild feinting

Variance4 vs 2

FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction leans harder on variance: Notoriously janky physics randomise outcomes beyond player control

Optimization2 vs 3

Wii Sports Resort leans harder on optimization: Each event has small learnable technique optima

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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