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Grand Theft Auto III cover artvsMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight cover art

Grand Theft Auto IIIvsMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight

Grand Theft Auto III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Grand Theft Auto IIIMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight leans harder on execution: Hand-flying vintage aircraft demands smooth, deliberate control

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight leans harder on optimization: Navigation, ATC procedure and aircraft systems knowledge dominate

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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Grand Theft Auto III

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight