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Gran Turismo 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); TrackMania United leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 9

TrackMania United leans harder on execution: Hundredth-second steering precision over stunts decides every leaderboard

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Gran Turismo 2 leans harder on variance: Used car lot rotation is minor randomness.

Optimization7 vs 6

Gran Turismo 2 leans harder on optimization: Car selection, tuning and prize-money routing dominate the career.

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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