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Gran Turismo 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tony Hawk's Pro Skater leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Gran Turismo 4Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

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 4 leans harder on variance: Deterministic outside slight tyre wear modelling

Optimization7 vs 6

Gran Turismo 4 leans harder on optimization: Event-by-event car and tune selection is deeply solvable

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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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater