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Saints Row: The ThirdvsTest Drive Unlimited 2

Saints Row: The Third leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Test Drive Unlimited 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Saints Row: The ThirdTest Drive Unlimited 2

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Test Drive Unlimited 2 leans harder on execution: Open-road car control decides races

Reads1 vs 2

Test Drive Unlimited 2 leans harder on reads: Online rivals add mild jockeying

Variance2 vs 2

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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Saints Row: The Third

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Test Drive Unlimited 2