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Horizon Chase Turbo cover artvsSuper Mario Run cover art

Horizon Chase TurbovsSuper Mario Run

Horizon Chase Turbo leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Run leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Horizon Chase TurboSuper Mario Run

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Horizon Chase Turbo leans harder on execution: Weaving through traffic and nailing fuel pickups

Reads1 vs 0

Horizon Chase Turbo leans harder on reads: Rival cars run fixed rubber-band logic

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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Super Mario Run