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

Execution · Practiced Mastery
Car control under pursuit pressure plus memorising city routes mission by mission.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A post-apocalyptic Far Cry spinoff adding light RPG tiers to outpost raids.
Driver 2: Back on the Streets leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Far Cry New Dawn leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Driver 2: Back on the Streets
Wrestling the car physics through chase missions is the test
Far Cry New Dawn
Standard Far Cry gunplay
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Driver 2: Back on the Streets
Police AI follows fixed pursuit logic, not adaptation
Far Cry New Dawn
Scripted raider AI
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Driver 2: Back on the Streets
Traffic placement adds run-to-run noise in chases
Far Cry New Dawn
Expedition loot rolls
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Driver 2: Back on the Streets
Learning city layouts and mission routes carries completion
Far Cry New Dawn
Outpost escalation and light RPG gear tiers
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.