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Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut cover artvsStunt Race FX cover art

Sonic Adventure DX: Director's CutvsStunt Race FX

Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Stunt Race FX leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's CutStunt Race FX

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Stunt Race FX leans harder on reads: AI racers are predictable; split-screen adds light prediction

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

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Stunt Race FX