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Gran Turismo 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tony Hawk's American Sk8land leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Gran Turismo 5 leans harder on reads: AI fields are predictable; online racing stays positional

Variance1 vs 0

Gran Turismo 5 leans harder on variance: Tracks and physics are deterministic

Optimization7 vs 6

Gran Turismo 5 leans harder on optimization: Tuning setups, gear ratios and license-test lines are 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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