head to head
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
American trucking sim about long hauls and growth.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Survival horror testing inventory routing and ammo economy through a fixed mansion of scripts.
American Truck Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Resident Evil Code: Veronica X leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
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
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Tank controls and aimed shots under pressure need composure
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
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Zombies and bosses follow fixed scripted behaviour
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
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Item placements are scripted-but-unknown on first runs
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
American Truck Simulator
Fleet, garages, route economics
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Ammo economy, item routing and key puzzles drive everything
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.