Building comparison
head to head
FuelvsSuper Mario World
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Fuel
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Tests off-road handling and freeform route choice across an enormous open map.
Super Mario World
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Precise jump execution across fixed levels with secrets to memorise.
Fuel leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
FuelSuper Mario World
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fuel
Off-road vehicle control through weather events is the core test
Super Mario World
Perfect inputs trivialise every jump, spin and cape flight
Reads1 vs 0
Fuel leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fuel
AI racers rubber-band on scripts; online is thin
Super Mario World
Scripted Koopas adapt to nothing
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fuel
The huge map is scripted-but-unknown until explored
Super Mario World
Levels are fixed; nothing hidden survives one playthrough
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fuel
Route choice across open terrain rewards planning
Super Mario World
Secret exits and route knowledge add a modest solvable layer
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.