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International Track & Field cover artvsSkate 3 cover art

International Track & FieldvsSkate 3

International Track & Field leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Skate 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
International Track & FieldSkate 3

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Skate 3 leans harder on variance: Physics jank can produce unexpected results on complex terrain

Optimization3 vs 4

Skate 3 leans harder on optimization: Trick selection and line routing benefit from planning but aren't deep systems

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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Skate 3