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Microsoft Train Simulator cover artvsPowerWash Simulator cover art

Microsoft Train SimulatorvsPowerWash Simulator

Microsoft Train Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); PowerWash Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

PowerWash Simulator leans harder on execution: Aim and sweep nozzle precision

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

PowerWash Simulator leans harder on variance: Minimal, dirt is fixed

Optimization6 vs 6

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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