Building comparison
head to head
American Truck SimulatorvsGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
American Truck Simulator
Optimization · Pure Optimization
American trucking sim about long hauls and growth.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A sprawling open-world crime epic with RPG-style character stats across a whole state.
American Truck Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
American Truck SimulatorGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
American Truck Simulator
Truck handling and trailer parking
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Flying school and drive-bys need decent hands
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
American Truck Simulator
No adaptive opponents
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gang AI is scripted, never adaptive
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
American Truck Simulator
Traffic and weather variance
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Territory wars and traffic add light randomness
Optimization7 vs 6
American Truck Simulator leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
American Truck Simulator
Fleet, garages, route economics
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Stats, gym, weapon skill, and routes reward systematic play
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.