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Gran Turismo 3: A-SpecvsTony Hawk's Underground

Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tony Hawk's Underground leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec leans harder on variance: Deterministic physics, minimal randomness

Optimization7 vs 6

Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec leans harder on optimization: Optimal cars, tunes, and racing lines are findable

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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Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec

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Tony Hawk's Underground