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Gran Turismo 6 cover artvsSuper Metroid cover art

Gran Turismo 6vsSuper Metroid

Gran Turismo 6 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Gran Turismo 6Super Metroid

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Gran Turismo 6 leans harder on execution: Braking points and throttle control define lap times

Reads1 vs 0

Gran Turismo 6 leans harder on reads: AI drivers follow predictable lines

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Gran Turismo 6

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Super Metroid