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Horizon Chase Turbo leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed leans harder on execution: Braking points and weight transfer control define lap times

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Horizon Chase Turbo

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