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Quake II cover artvsWRC 4 cover art

Quake IIvsWRC 4

Quake II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); WRC 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Quake IIWRC 4

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

WRC 4 leans harder on execution: Precise car control on tricky stages is the entire skill

Reads0 vs 1

WRC 4 leans harder on reads: Rally is solo against the clock, no opponent to read

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Quake II

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WRC 4