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#IDARB cover artvsSpeedRunners cover art

#IDARBvsSpeedRunners

#IDARB leans Execution (Competitive PvP); SpeedRunners leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
#IDARBSpeedRunners

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

SpeedRunners leans harder on execution: Grapple swings and boost timing at full speed decide races

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 2

#IDARB leans harder on variance: Hashbomb disruptions inject genuine outside randomness

Optimization2 vs 4

SpeedRunners leans harder on optimization: Optimal racing lines per track are learnable

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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