head to head
American Truck SimulatorvsMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2000
American Truck Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
American Truck SimulatorMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2000
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 leans harder on execution: Smooth stick-and-throttle control matters on approach and landing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.

