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Horizon Chase Turbo leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Horizon Chase TurboMario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games leans harder on reads: Human rivals race in parallel; little interaction

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Horizon Chase Turbo leans harder on optimization: Car stats and lap memorization help

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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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games