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FlatOutvsWing Commander

FlatOut leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wing Commander leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
FlatOutWing Commander

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

FlatOut leans harder on variance: Physics debris and crash chaos inject randomness

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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