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FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage cover artvsLock 'n' Chase cover art

FlatOut: Ultimate CarnagevsLock 'n' Chase

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Lock 'n' Chase leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
FlatOut: Ultimate CarnageLock 'n' Chase

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage leans harder on variance: Debris and pileups scramble any planned lap

Optimization4 vs 5

Lock 'n' Chase leans harder on optimization: Learning routes, door timing and coin paths is the meta

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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Lock 'n' Chase