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FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage cover artvsMicro Machines World Series cover art

FlatOut: Ultimate CarnagevsMicro Machines World Series

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Micro Machines World Series leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
FlatOut: Ultimate CarnageMicro Machines World Series

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Micro Machines World Series leans harder on reads: Human racers can be baited with weapons and blocks

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 2

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage leans harder on optimization: Car upgrades and track shortcuts are mappable

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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Micro Machines World Series