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Grand Theft Auto III cover artvsStar Trucker cover art

Grand Theft Auto IIIvsStar Trucker

Grand Theft Auto III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Star Trucker leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Grand Theft Auto IIIStar Trucker

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

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

Star Trucker leans harder on optimization: Route economics, fuel and suit upkeep decide profitability

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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Star Trucker