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FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage cover artvsJoy Ride Turbo cover art

FlatOut: Ultimate CarnagevsJoy Ride Turbo

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Joy Ride Turbo leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Joy Ride Turbo leans harder on reads: Some anticipation of human rivals in multiplayer

Variance3 vs 3

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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FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage

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Joy Ride Turbo