head to head
vs
American Truck SimulatorvsHard Truck: Road to Victory
American Truck Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Hard Truck: Road to Victory leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
American Truck SimulatorHard Truck: Road to Victory
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Hard Truck: Road to Victory leans harder on reads: AI traffic is scripted, not adaptive
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
American Truck Simulator leans harder on optimization: Fleet, garages, route economics
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.