Building comparison
head to head
Gran Turismo 2vsSuper Metroid
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Gran Turismo 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
The PS1 driving opus where picking and tuning the right car for each event matters as much as driving it.
Super Metroid
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Movement execution and route optimisation through a fixed, mappable planet.
Gran Turismo 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Gran Turismo 2Super Metroid
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.
Gran Turismo 2
Clean braking and lines matter, aided by forgiving AI.
Super Metroid
Wall-jumps, shinesparks and boss dodges demand precise inputs
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gran Turismo 2
Rolling-start AI follows fixed pace scripts.
Super Metroid
Bosses cycle fixed patterns, never adapting
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gran Turismo 2
Used car lot rotation is minor randomness.
Super Metroid
Item and route knowledge is fixed once discovered
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gran Turismo 2
Car selection, tuning and prize-money routing dominate the career.
Super Metroid
Sequence-breaking route optimisation is the enduring meta-game
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.