head to head
vs
Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasvsHard Truck 2: King of the Road
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Hard Truck 2: King of the Road leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasHard Truck 2: King of the Road
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Hard Truck 2: King of the Road leans harder on variance: Police, mafia, and market events inject randomness
Optimization6 vs 7
Hard Truck 2: King of the Road leans harder on optimization: Cargo pricing, upgrades, and route knowledge drive profit
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.