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iRacing cover artvsProject CARS cover art

iRacingvsProject CARS

iRacing leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Project CARS leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
iRacingProject CARS

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

iRacing leans harder on execution: Brutally precise wheel inputs required

Reads4 vs 2

iRacing leans harder on reads: Serious wheel-to-wheel racing vs humans

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

iRacing leans harder on optimization: Setup, strategy, iRating progression

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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